<P> The Hebrew Bible contains a number prohibitions of false witness , lying , spreading false reports , etc . For a person who had a charge brought against them and were brought before a religious prosecution , the charge was considered as established only on the evidence of two or three sworn witnesses . In cases where false testimony was suspected , the religious judges were to make a thorough investigation , and if false testimony were proven , the false witness was to receive the punishment he had intended to bring on the person falsely accused . For example , since murder was a capital crime , giving false testimony in a murder case was subject to the death penalty . Those eager to receive or listen to false testimony were also subject to punishment . </P>
<P> The Hebrew Bible contains a number prohibitions of false witness , lying , spreading false reports , etc . For a person who had a charge brought against them and were brought before a religious prosecution , the charge was considered as established only on the evidence of two or three sworn witnesses . In cases where false testimony was suspected , the religious judges were to make a thorough investigation , and if false testimony were proven , the false witness was to receive the punishment he had intended to bring on the person falsely accused . For example , since murder was a capital crime , giving false testimony in a murder case was subject to the death penalty . Those eager to receive or listen to false testimony were also subject to punishment . </P>
punishment for bearing false witness in the bible
punishment for bearing false witness in the bible
receive the punishment he had intended to bring on the person falsely accused
receive the punishment he had intended to bring on the person falsely accused