Deuteronomy 19:16

16 Yf an vnrighteous witnesse ryse vp agenst a man to accuse him of trespace:

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 remoue thy neghbours marke which they of olde tyme haue sett in thyne enheritaunce that thou enherettest in the londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enioye it.
15 One witnesse shall not ryse agenst a man in any maner trespace or synne, what soeuer synne a man synneth: But at the mouthe of two witnesses or of .iij. witnesses shall all maters be tryed.
16 Yf an vnrighteous witnesse ryse vp agenst a man to accuse him of trespace:
17 then let both the men which stryue together stonde before the Lorde, before the preastes and the iudges which shalbe in those dayes,
18 and let the iudges enquyre a good. And yf the witnesse be founde false and that he hath geuen false witnesse agenst his brother
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