Mitzvah #577 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„Punish the false witnesses as they tried to punish the defendant“
Scripture Reference: DEU 19:19 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Shoftim)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
then you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
יט וַעֲשִׂיתֶם לוֹ, כַּאֲשֶׁר זָמַם לַעֲשׂוֹת לְאָחִיו; וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע, מִקִּרְבֶּךָ.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
19 καὶ ποιήσετε αὐτῷ ὃν τρόπον ἐπονηρεύσατο ποιῆσαι κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξαρεῖς τὸν πονηρὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Shoftim
Sefer HaChinuch Number #524
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Judges (Buch 14)
Section: Testimony
Systematic Category (P119f) Courts, Crimes, and Punishments