Deuteronomy 19:18 (WEB)
and the judges shall make diligent inquisition; and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother,
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“For the wont of the old law was to avenge itself by the vengeance of the glaive, and to pluck out “eye for eye,” and to inflict retaliatory revenge for injury.” — editor's note: Comp. Ex. xxi. 24, 25; Lev. xxiv. 17–22; Deut. xix. 11–21; Matt. v. 38.
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