Deuteronomy 19:18

18 cumque diligentissime perscrutantes invenerint falsum testem dixisse contra fratrem suum mendacium

Deuteronomy 19:18 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 19:18

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition
Into the case before them, into the nature of the evidence and proof that each witness brings for or against; so the Targum of Jonathan,

``the judges shall interrogate the witness, by whom these things are said, well;''

shall thoroughly examine the testimony given, and look carefully into it:

and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified
falsely against his brother;
it appears plainly by full evidence that he has testified a falsehood of him.

Deuteronomy 19:18 In-Context

16 si steterit testis mendax contra hominem accusans eum praevaricationis
17 stabunt ambo quorum causa est ante Dominum in conspectu sacerdotum et iudicum qui fuerint in diebus illis
18 cumque diligentissime perscrutantes invenerint falsum testem dixisse contra fratrem suum mendacium
19 reddent ei sicut fratri suo facere cogitavit et auferes malum de medio tui
20 ut audientes ceteri timorem habeant et nequaquam talia audeant facere
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