12 elders from the killer’s hometown will send word, and the killer will be sent back from there. They will then hand him over to the blood avenger, and he will be executed.
13 Show no mercy to such killers. Remove innocent bloodshed from Israel so that things go well for you.
14 Now in the land the Lord your God is giving you, in your allotted property that you will receive there, you must not tamper with your neighbor’s property line, which has been previously established.
15 A solitary witness against someone in any crime, wrongdoing, or in any sort of misdeed that might be done is not sufficient. The decision must stand by two or three witnesses.
16 Now if a spiteful witness comes forward against someone, so as to testify against them falsely,
17 the two persons who have a legal suit must stand before the Lord, before the priests, and before the judges that are in office at that time.
18 The judges will look into the situation very carefully. If it turns out that the witness is a liar—that the witness has given false testimony against his fellow Israelite—