DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON Deuteronomy 5:20 you shall not bear false witness. The term “bear witness” suggests a legal trial in which false testimony could lead to unfair punishment for the neighbor. For detailed laws concerning false witness, see Deuteronomy 19:16; Deuteronomy 25:1. For the importance of telling the truth, see Leviticus 19:11.

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