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"If a malicious witness testifies against someone accusing him of a crime,
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.
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Do not move your neighbor’s boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
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One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
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If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime,
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the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.
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The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite,