1 Kings 21:10-13; Acts 6:13; Exodus 23:1-7; Mark 14:55-59; Psalms 27:12; Psalms 35:11
Testify against him that which is wrong - Margin, more literally, “a falling away.” The word is used Deuteronomy 13:5 to signify apostasy or re...
Deuteronomy 19:14 to Deuteronomy 25:19 . Consists of miscellaneous laws having no apparent connexion with D's great law of the centralisation of...
a false witness. Compare Exodus 23:1 , and Deuteronomy 19:16 .
16. If a false witness rise up against any man. Because the fear of God does not so prevail in all men, as that they should voluntarily absta...
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
Ver. 16. To testify against him that which is wrong — That is, to accuse him, to lay any crime to his charge. Houbigant tenders it very prop...
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; But if convicted of perjury, it will be sufficient for...
The Cities of Refuge. Punishment of Deceit and False Witness 1-13. On the Cities of Refuge see Numbers 35:9-34 and notes there.
Deuteronomy 19:15-21 . FALSE TESTIMONY. The law of retaliation is sternly laid down here; but it must be administered by the judges, not by men a...
THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so entirely founded on the grace and favor of...
Still with his mind on the fact that the people were coming into the land, Moses made further applications of the laws to the new conditions. His wor...
The wisdom of those laws is too obvious to need a comment; they have been already noticed: Numbers 35:30 . But what a sweet thought is it to the bel...
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 wh...
One witness shall not rise up Or, be established , as the same word is rendered in the end of the verse; that is, shall not be accepted or owned a...
CITIES OF REFUGE (vs.1-13) We have seen in Deuteronomy 4:41-43 that Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan as cities of refuge. Now Mo...
False Witnesses. B. C. 1451. 14 Thou...
A single witness, though he speak truth, is not to be accepted for the condemnation of another man; but if he be convicted of false witness, this is...
The Evidence Required Before Conviction For A Crime: The Punishment of False Witnesses ( Deuteronomy 19:15-21 ). The section on justice and the g...
CRITICAL NOTES .—This and the next two Chapter s contain enactments designed to protect human life, and to impress its sanctity on Israel.— Speak. C...
Deuteronomy 19:14 . Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark. This prohibition was salutary in preserving the public peace; it also extended...
EXPOSITION LAWS CONCERNING CITIES OF REFUGE . LANDMARKS NOT TO BE REMOVED . LAWS CONCERNING WITNESSES . Deuteronomy 19...
Precepts Regarding Witnesses
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong, as might happen where only a single witness is available and t...
A safe witness — A single witness, though he speak truth, is not to be accepted for the condemnation of another man, but if he be convicted of fals...
16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;