15 One witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any crime or offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. |
16 If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime, |
17 the two men involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time. |
18 The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother, |
19 then do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you. |
20 The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you. |
21 Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. |
