Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 19:16 
Context19:16 If a false 1 witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime, 2
Deuteronomy 19:18
Context19:18 The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused, 3
1 tn Heb “violent” (חָמָס, khamas). This is a witness whose motivation from the beginning is to do harm to the accused and who, therefore, resorts to calumny and deceit. See I. Swart and C. VanDam, NIDOTTE 2:177-80.
2 tn Or “rebellion.” Rebellion against God’s law is in view (cf. NAB “of a defection from the law”).
3 tn Heb “his brother” (also in the following verse).
