Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 19:19
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.
19. shall ye do ] the only Pl. in the passage, confirmed by Sam. LXX; either a clerical error or an instance of the possibility of a writer slipping from one form of address into the other. Read shalt thou.
thought ] Heb. zamam, devised.
so shalt thou put away ] Frequent in this Code, see on Deu 13:5 (6).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
See the marginal references.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 19. Then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother] Nothing can be more equitable or proper than this, that if a man endeavour to do any injury to or take away the life of another, on detection he shall be caused to undergo the same evil which he intended for his innocent neighbour.
Some of our excellent English laws have been made on this very ground. In the 37th of Edw. III., chap. 18, it is ordained that all those who make suggestion shall incur the same pain which the other should have had, if he were attainted, in case his suggestions be found evil. A similar law was made in the 38th of the same reign, chap. 9. By a law of the twelve Tables, a false witness was thrown down the Tarpeian rock. In short, false witnesses have been execrated by all nations.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
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 brought 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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
19. Do unto him, as he had thought to have done The convicted perjurer was to suffer the identical punishment that would have been inflicted upon the one against whom he falsely testified, had he been proven guilty. Comp. Pro 19:5; Pro 19:9; Dan 6:24.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
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.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Then shall: Pro 19:5, Pro 19:9, Jer 14:15, Dan 6:24
so shalt: Deu 13:5, Deu 17:7, Deu 19:20, Deu 21:20, Deu 21:21, Deu 22:21, Deu 22:24, Deu 24:7
Reciprocal: Jdg 20:13 – put away 2Sa 16:3 – day Jer 34:17 – behold Mat 5:38 – An eye 1Ti 5:19 – two