Deuteronomy 19:15–21

The Law Concerning Witnesses

15 m“One witness shall not rise against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that he commits; by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established. 16 If a false witness nrises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, 17 then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, obefore the priests and the judges who serve in those days. 18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother, 19 pthen you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so qyou shall put away the evil from among you. 20 rAnd those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you. 21 sYour eye shall not pity: tlife shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.