Deuteronomy 19:16

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“When a malicious witness rises up against any man to accuse him of turning aside,

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Do not give me over To the desire of my adversaries; For false witnesses have risen against me, And they breathe out cruelty to me.

Ruthless witnesses rise up; They ask me that which I knew not.

A trustworthy witness does not lie, But a false witness breathes out lies.

A false witness does not go unpunished, And he who breaths out lies does not escape.

And they set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this set-apart place and the Torah,

‘You do not bear false witness against your neighbour.