Deuteronomy 19:18 KJV — MannaFest

Deuteronomy 19:18

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

KJV

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ASV

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

WEB

The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

YLT

and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness is a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

DBT

and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,

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Deuteronomy — Moses' farewell sermons on the plains of Moab. The covenant renewed for the generation about to cross — with the Shema at its heart and Moses' song on its lips.

Author: Moses — the sermons on the plains of Moab; ch. 34 (his death) traditionally attributed to Joshua
Date: The final weeks of Moses' life on the plains of Moab, c. 15th–13th century BC

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Deuteronomy 13:14
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
Deuteronomy 17:4
And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
Daniel 6:24
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
1 Timothy 5:19
Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
2 Chronicles 19:6–7
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

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A diligent inquisition must be made into the characters of the persons, and all the circumstances of the case, which must be compared, that the truth might be found out, which, where it is thus faithfully and impartially enquired into, Providence, it may be hoped, will particularly advance the discovery of.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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