Exodus 20:16 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 20:16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

KJV

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ASV

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

WEB

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

YLT

`Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

DBT

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

About this book

Old Testament

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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33 verses on the floor

Deuteronomy 5:20
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Matthew 19:18
He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Psalms 15:3
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

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