Deuteronomy 5:20

20 “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 5:20 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 5:20

(See Gill on Deuteronomy 5:17).

Deuteronomy 5:20 In-Context

18 “You must not commit adultery.

19 “You must not steal.

20 “You must not testify falsely against your neighbor.

21 “You must not covet your neighbor’s wife. You must not covet your neighbor’s house or land, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.

22 “The LORD spoke these words to all of you assembled there at the foot of the mountain. He spoke with a loud voice from the heart of the fire, surrounded by clouds and deep darkness. This was all he said at that time, and he wrote his words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.