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If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,
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A Broad Definition of Falsehood
Commentators explain that the "wrong-doing" mentioned is not limited to a specific crime. While the original Hebrew can mean a "falling away" (apostasy), scholars like Albert Barnes and John Gill clarify that the law applies to any false testimony about any departure from God's Law, making it a broad principle against perjury.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Testify against him that which is wrong - The margin note, more literally, states “a falling away.” The word is used ([Reference Deuteronomy…
19th Century
Anglican
Deuteronomy 19:15–21. FALSE TESTIMONY.
The law of retaliation is sternly laid down here; but it must be administ…
16th Century
Protestant
If a false witness rise up against any man. Because the fear of God does not so prevail in all people that they voluntarily abstain from t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If a false witness rise up against any man In a court of judicature:
to testify against him<…
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 …
