If a false witness rise up against any man In a court of judicature:
to testify against him: that which is not true of him, let it be in what case it will; Aben Ezra instances in idolatry, but it holds good of any other.
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Thou shalt not take nor remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which thy predecessors have set in thy possession, which the Lord thy God will give thee in the land that thou shalt receive to possess.
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One witness shall not rise up against any man, whatsoever the sin or wickedness be: but in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall stand.
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If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression,
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Both of them, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges that shall be in those days.
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And when after most diligent inquisition, they shall find that the false witness hath told a lie against his brother: