Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 19:19-21
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申命記 19:16-21 Jcb
Albert Barnes
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 19:15-17
Deuteronomy 19:15-17. One witness shall not rise up Or, be established, as the same word is rendered in the end of the verse; that is, shall not be accepted or owned as sufficient. If a false witness rise up A single witness, though he speak truth, is not to be accepted for the condemnation of another man; but if he be convicted of bearing false witness, it is sufficient for his own condemnation. Both the men shall stand before the Lord That is, shall come to the supreme court, which... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 19:21
Deuteronomy 19:21. An eye for an eye What punishment the law allotted to the accused, if he had been convicted, the same was the false accuser to bear. read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 19:1-21
Justice for the accused (19:1-21)Three cities of refuge had already been established east of Jordan (see 4:41-43), and three more were to be established west of Jordan (19:1-2). In each of these two regions one city was to be in the north, one in the centre and one in the south, so that a city of refuge was within easy reach of every person in the land, no matter where he lived. All six cities had to have well marked roads leading to them so that the refugee could reach safety quickly (3-7; see... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 19:16
a false witness. Compare Exodus 23:1 , and Deuteronomy 19:16 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 19:17
before. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "even before". read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 19:18
diligent. See note on Deuteronomy 13:14 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 19:21
eye . Figure of speech Prosopopoeia ( App-6 ). life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . Compare Exodus 21:23-25 . read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 19:17
Both the men, between whom the controversy is - Not the accused and the false witness, but the plaintiff and defendant (compare Exodus 23:1) who were summoned before the supreme court held, as provided in Deuteronomy 17:0, at the sanctuary. The judges acted as God’s representative; to lie to them was to lie to Him. read more