Deuteronomy 19:16

16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong,

Deuteronomy 19:16 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 19:16

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.

Deuteronomy 19:16 In-Context

14 "Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.

15 "One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth. By the mouth of two witnesses or by the mouth of three witnesses shall the matter be established.

16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong,

17 then both the men involved in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;

18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition. And behold, if the witness be a false witness and hath testified falsely against his brother,