Deuteronomy 19:16

19:16 If a false ¹  witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime, ² 

Deuteronomy 19:15

19:15 A single witness may not testify ³  against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established ⁴  only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Deuteronomy 13:1

13:1 Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams ⁵  should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder, ⁶ 

Deuteronomy 25:6

25:6 Then ⁷  the first son ⁸  she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel.

Deuteronomy 32:43

32:43 Cry out, O nations, with his people,

for he will avenge his servants’ blood;

he will take vengeance against his enemies,

and make atonement for his land and people.

Deuteronomy 22:26

22:26 You must not do anything to the young woman – she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person ⁹  and murders him,

[19:16]  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.

[19:16]  ² tn Or “rebellion.” Rebellion against God’s law is in view (cf. NAB “of a defection from the law”).

[19:15]  ³ tn Heb “rise up” (likewise in v. 16).

[19:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “may stand.”

[13:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “or a dreamer of dreams” (so KJV, ASV, NASB). The difference between a prophet (נָבִיא, navi’) and one who foretells by dreams (חֹלֵם אוֹ, ’o kholem) was not so much one of office – for both received revelation by dreams (cf. Num 12:6) – as it was of function or emphasis. The prophet was more a proclaimer and interpreter of revelation whereas the one who foretold by dreams was a receiver of revelation. In later times the role of the one who foretold by dreams was abused and thus denigrated as compared to that of the prophet (cf. Jer 23:28).

[13:1]  ⁶ tn The expression אוֹת אוֹ מוֹפֵת (’ot ’o mofet) became a formulaic way of speaking of ways of authenticating prophetic messages or other works of God (cf. Deut 28:46; Isa 20:3). The NT equivalent is the Greek term σημεῖον (shmeion), a sign performed (used frequently in the Gospel of John, cf. 2:11, 18; 20:30-31). They could, however, be counterfeited or (as here) permitted to false prophets by the Lord as a means of testing his people.

[25:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it will be that.”

[25:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “the firstborn.” This refers to the oldest male child.

[22:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “his neighbor.”