Verse 18
Deuteronomy 19:18
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and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/דָרְשׁ֥וּ הַ/שֹּׁפְטִ֖ים הֵיטֵ֑ב וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה עֵֽד שֶׁ֨קֶר֙ הָ/עֵ֔ד שֶׁ֖קֶר עָנָ֥ה בְ/אָחִֽי/ו
English Translation
And the judges shall investigate thoroughly, and behold, a false witness, the witness of falsehood answered against his brother.
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Chapter 19 Context
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When Yahweh your God (Elohim) cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God (Elohim) gives you, an...
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you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the middle of your land, which Yahweh your God (E...
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You shall prepare the way, and divide the borders of your land which Yahweh your God (Elohim) causes...
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4
This is the case of the man slayer who shall flee there and live. Whoever kills his neighbor unaware...
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as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood and his hand swings the ax to cut...
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Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the man slayer while his heart is hot and overtake him,...
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Therefore I command you to set apart three cities for yourselves.
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If Yahweh your God (Elohim) enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all...
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if you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God (Elohi...
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10
This is so that innocent blood will not be shed in the middle of your land which Yahweh your God (El...
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11
But if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally...
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12
then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the ave...
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13
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well...
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14
You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance...
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15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sin...
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16
If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
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then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests an...
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18
and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and h...
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then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from a...
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Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and will never again commit any such evil among you.
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Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot....
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