E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 19:16
a false witness. Compare Exodus 23:1 , and Deuteronomy 19:16 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger
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
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 19:16
Ver. 16. To testify against him that which is wrong— That is, to accuse him, to lay any crime to his charge. Houbigant tenders it very properly, ut eum criminis accusat: that he may accuse him of a crime: and as the detection of a false witness was extremely difficult, the most diligent and exact inquiry was to be made by the priests and judges, ver. 17, 18. Some of the most excellent of our English laws are grounded upon this law; as that of the thirty-seventh of Edward III. chap. 18 which... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 19:19
Ver. 19. Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother— This law is exemplified in the story of Susannah and the elders; for the two elders, being convicted by Daniel of giving false accusation against Susannah, are condemned to undergo the same punishment which they intended against her; ver. 62. According to the law of Moses, they did unto them in such sort as they maliciously intended to do to their neighbour; and they put them to death. By the law of the twelve... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 19:20
Ver. 20. And those which remain, shall hear, and fear, &c.— See chap. Deuteronomy 17:3. This is the grand end of all the Mosaic penal laws, and indeed of all such, enacted by wise legislators. See Grot. de Jur. B. and P. lib. 2: cap. 20. This law proves the authority which judges and magistrates have to make use of witnesses, and to examine them upon oath, in order to discover the truth, which those who are summoned as witnesses are obliged to declare: that those who are found to be false... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 19:16
16-21. But if convicted of perjury, it will be sufficient for his own condemnation, and his punishment shall be exactly the same as would have overtaken the object of his malignant prosecution. (See on :-; see also Leviticus 24:20). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 19:14-21
Witnesses 19:14-21The previous pericope alluded to the need for witnesses, and this one explains their role. A common cause of hostility between individuals that sometimes led to homicide was a failure to agree on common boundaries and to respect property rights (cf. 1 Kings 21:1-26; 1 Kings 22:37-38). [Note: Kaufman, p. 137.] In the ancient world boundary markers protected the property rights of individuals (Deuteronomy 19:14). Many nations as well as Israel regarded them as sacred. Stones... read more
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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