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Deuteronomy 19:16

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If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

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Deuteronomy 19:16 in other translations

If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

Deuteronomy 19:16 · American Standard Version

Deuteronomy 19:16 in context

  1. 14You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess.
  2. 15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
  3. 16If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
  4. 17then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;
  5. 18and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother,