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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 19:15-21

Deuteronomy 19:15. FALSE TESTIMONY.

The law of retaliation is sternly laid down here; but it must be administered by the judges, not by men acting on their own behalf.
(17) Both the men... shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges. — This appears to mean that all cases of suspected false testimony were to go before the supreme court (see Deuteronomy 17:9); that the matter was not to be lightly decided.

(21) Eye for eye, tooth for tooth. — This is to be effected by the award of the judges, not as a matter of private revenge. But manifestly it rests with the injured party to press the case.

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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