Deuteronomy 19:19

WEB

then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

KJV

Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

Commentary

Then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother,.... Inflict the same fine or punishment on him he thought to have br ought his brother under by his false testimony of him; whether any pecuniary fine, or whipping and scourging, or the loss of a member, or the value of it, or death itself; whether stoning, strangling, burning, or killing with the sword: though, in the case of accusing a priest's daughter of adultery, as Jarchi observes, such were not to be burnt, as would have been her case if proved, but strangled: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you; the evil man that bears a false testimony of his brother, or the guilt of sin which would be incurred by conniving at him.