Deuteronomy 19:19

Ver. 19. Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother— This law is exemplified in the story of Susannah and the elders; for the two elders, being convicted by Daniel of giving false accusation against Susannah, are condemned to undergo the same punishment which they intended against her; ver. 62. According to the law of Moses, they did unto them in such sort as they maliciously intended to do to their neighbour; and they put them to death. By the law of the twelve tables, false witnesses were to be thrown down the Tarpeian rock. See Aul. Gellius, lib. 20: cap. 1. The laws at Athens, though severe, were rather more mild. See Sam. Petit, de Leg. Art. lib. 4: tit. 7.