Laws Concerning Witnesses (DEU 19:15-21)

[19:15] “A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.

[19:16] If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing,

[19:17] then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.

[19:18] The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely,

[19:19] then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

[19:20] And the rest shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you.

[19:21] Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.