¹⁸ The judges must check out the matter carefully. And suppose the witness is proved to be lying. Then he has said something false in court against another Israelite. ¹⁹ So do to the lying witness what he tried to do to the other person. Get rid of that evil witness. ²⁰ The rest of the people will hear about it. And they will be afraid. They won’t allow such an evil thing to be done among them again.