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Exodus 20:16

Context

20:16 “You shall not give 1  false testimony 2  against your neighbor.

1 tn Heb “answer” as in a court of law.

2 tn The expression עֵד שָׁקֶר (’ed shaqer) means “a lying witness” (B. S. Childs, Exodus [OTL], 388). In this verse the noun is an adverbial accusative, “you will not answer as a lying witness.” The prohibition is against perjury. While the precise reference would be to legal proceedings, the law probably had a broader application to lying about other people in general (see Lev 5:1; Hos 4:2).



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