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16 If a malicious witness[a] gets up to accuse[b] anyone to testify against him falsely, 17 then the two men to whom the legal dispute pertains[c] shall stand before[d] Yahweh, before[e] the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. 18 Then judges shall make a thorough inquiry, and if it turns out[f] that the witness is a false witness and he testified falsely against his brother,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 19:16 Literally “a witness of violence”
  2. Deuteronomy 19:16 Literally “against”
  3. Deuteronomy 19:17 Literally “who for them are the legal dispute”
  4. Deuteronomy 19:17 Literally “to the face of”
  5. Deuteronomy 19:17 Literally “to the face of”
  6. Deuteronomy 19:18 Or “in fact”