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Deuteronomy 19:15 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 19 · verse 15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.Deuteronomy 19:15 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 19:15 in context
13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
15One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
16If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
17Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
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Key words (Strong's)
- iniquityʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- witnessʻêdconcretely, a witnessH5707 →
- sinnethchâṭâʼproperly, to missH2398 →
- matterdâbâra wordH1697 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
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Here is a statute for the preventing of frauds and perjuries; for the divine law takes care of men's rights and properties, and has made a hedge about them. Such a friend is it to human society and men's civil interest. I. A law against frauds, Deu 19:14. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-21