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that other men hear, and have dread, and be no more hardy to do such things (so that other people can hear, and have fear, and no more be so fool-hardy to do such things). Thou shalt not have mercy on him,
And those which remain shall hear, and fear Those which survive the false witness shall hear of the punishment inflicted on him, and fear to commit the like sin, lest they should be punished in like manner.
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And when they seeking the cause most diligently (And if, after they have studied the case most diligently), (they) have found that the false witness said a lie against his brother,
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they shall yield to him, as he thought to have done to his brother; and (so) thou shalt do away evil from the midst of thee,
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that other men hear, and have dread, and be no more hardy to do such things (so that other people can hear, and have fear, and no more be so fool-hardy to do such things). Thou shalt not have mercy on him,
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but thou shalt ask life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.