16 You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life¹ of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

16 If a ^hmalicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, 17 then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. 18 The judges shall ⁱinquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, 19 then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil¹ from your midst.