and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;
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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,
The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;
And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,
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Matthew Henry · Verses 15–21
Sentence should never be passed upon the testimony of one witness alone. A false witness should suffer the same punishment which he sought to have inflicted upon the person he accused. Nor could any law be more just. Let all Christians not only be cautious in bearing witness in public, but be careful not to join in private slanders; and let all whose consciences accuse them of crime, without delay flee for refuge to the hope set before them in Jesus Christ.
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