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Step into the timeless wisdom of Yahweh’s Law as we continue our journey through the Ten Commandments. In this teaching, we turn our gaze upon the Ninth Commandment — a decree not merely against lying, but against treachery of tongue and false testimony, which sow seeds of discord among brethren.  In an age drunk on rumors, half-truths, and spin, the Most High calls His people to be pillars of truth. What does it mean to bear true witness? Join us as we trace the thread of this command from Sinai’s heights, through the Proverbs of wisdom, to the teachings of Yahushua the Messiah Himself — who declared that every idle word shall be brought into judgment.  In this video, you will learn the meaning of “bearing false witness” in its ancient and modern contexts as well as scriptural examples of false witnesses and their grave consequences. We will explore the power of truthful speech and practical ways to guard your lips and honor Yahweh’s command.  Let us be a people whose word is as gold refined, whose testimony shines with the light of the Most High. For the Father delights in truth in the inward parts, and His Word is forever settled in heaven. So join us as we learn the God Honest Truth about the ninth commandment.  Subscribe, like, and share to spread Yahweh’s honest truth — for only the truth shall make us free.  #GodHonestTruth #TenCommandments #NinthCommandment #Truth #Torah #BibleTeaching #Yahweh #Yahushua  Video Chapters: 00:00 Teaching Introduction Video Start The Command Truth is Foundational Lying vs False Witness Lying Didactically Condemned Lying Contradicts the Character of Yahweh Consequences of Lying/False Witness But What About? Pikuach Nefesh A New Man That Doesn’t Lie Summary  Article Post: https://godhonesttruth.com/wp/2025/07/18/does-the-ninth-commandment-apply-beyond-the-courtroom-commandment-9-of-10-god-honest-truth-live-stream-07-18-2025/  God Honest Truth is a Messianic Ministry based in Western North Carolina. Our goal is to teach the truths of Yahweh’s word to anyone seeking to further their education and walk in faith. We believe in the inerrancy of scripture and that scripture alone, not any church decree or any word of man, can define what is and is not salvation. We will always strive to do Biblical things in Biblical ways instead of allowing the traditions of men to get in the way of scripture.  https://www.GodHonestTruth.com Team@GodHonestTruth.com  Donations: Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GodHonestTruth  Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/godhonesttruth  Social Media Links: https://godhonesttruth.com/wp/connect-socially/   ######################################                                      Disclaimer ######################################  The information and content in this content is for documentary, educational, and entertainment purposes only. Imitation or the use of any acts depicted in this content is solely AT YOUR OWN RISK. We (including but not limited to YouTube, LBRY, Rumble, BitChute, etc)

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00:00In this video, we continue our journey through Yahweh's Ten Commandments, standing now before

00:07the solemn words of the Ninth Commandment itself, Thou shalt not bear false witness against

00:13thy neighbor.

00:14In a world awash with deception and lies, the Almighty calls us to be truthful and to

00:21tell the truth, in word, in deed, and especially in our hearts.

00:26So come with us as we open the scriptures to see what it means to guard our tongues, to

00:31speak faithfully, and to not bear false witness.

00:35All right, so this is our next episode in our Ten Commandments series, and this is going

00:58to be on the Ninth Commandment.

00:59This is all about the Ninth Commandment of do not bear false witness, or thou shalt not

01:05bear false witness.

01:07Now, before we get into this particular teaching, I want to remind everyone that we have notes

01:12available on our website that includes a lot more information than what you're going to

01:18get in this particular teaching.

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01:31You'll also be able to see the notes that we took for this particular episode and the transcript,

01:37if that so is of any use to you.

01:39And it's all right there on our website at God honest truth dot com.

01:43And we have made it even easier.

01:45If you go down below in the description, we provided a convenient link for you that will

01:50link you directly to that article post on our website.

01:53And that convenient link should be down there, whether you're watching on an audio podcasting

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02:00So go check it out in the description today.

02:03The Ninth Commandment, the command itself comes from Exodus chapter 20, verse 16, and also

02:11Deuteronomy chapter 5, verse 20.

02:13And the statement or the command goes as such in the scriptures 2009 translation, quote,

02:20quote, you do not bear false witness against your neighbor, end quote from the King James

02:27version.

02:27Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

02:31And from the NSB, I thought this was rather interesting.

02:34It says, do not lie or accuse anyone falsely.

02:39From the Tyndale, thou shalt bear no false witness against thy neighbor.

02:44So it's pretty self-explanatory, but what are we actually looking at here?

02:48Let's break it down real quick in an overview kind of way.

02:52Here you see, it says, you do not bear false witness.

02:57Now, what does false witness mean?

02:59Is that the same thing as lying?

03:02Well, actually, as you go through the study, you'll see that lying and bearing false witness

03:06are two separate concepts.

03:10They're not really different, but I'll explain it in this way.

03:15False witness is a lie.

03:18All false witnessing is a lie, but not all lying is a false witness.

03:22See how that works?

03:24As far as false witness goes, that's more of in the context or the concept of legal or investigative

03:30proceedings, sort of like a courtroom sort of thing, but it doesn't always have to be inside

03:36a courtroom.

03:37It could be some sort of judicial thing, even outside of courtroom, where it'd be investigative

03:42or whatnot.

03:43That's sort of what false witnessing goes towards, what it's really hinting at, because

03:49truth in a justice situation is foundational.

03:55We'll get to that in just a minute.

03:56But also, you'll see here against your neighbor.

03:59This brings up another idea and another thing to think about is who really is your neighbor?

04:05When you think about it, is it just people in your community, people you live next door

04:10to?

04:11Is it just other believers and does not include non-believers?

04:16I would actually go and be of the opinion to say that neighbor means anyone, any human

04:23being on planet Earth, or even not on planet Earth, that would be your neighbor.

04:29And the reason I say that is because I take the words in the parable of Yeshua when he

04:34tells the parable of the Good Samaritan.

04:37Now, the Samaritans were not considered to be believers by the Jews of the day, the Judeans

04:43of the day.

04:44The Samaritans were part of the northern kingdom that were the remnants that were not dispersed

04:50amongst the nations.

04:51They were considered unclean.

04:54Judeans didn't like them.

04:55And they didn't consider them to be part of the flock of God.

05:00So, even in that parable, Yeshua was making a statement that whoever helps, whoever does

05:07good, that is your neighbor.

05:10When you're testifying against someone, it doesn't matter if they're a believer in covenant

05:15with Yahweh or not, they are still considered your neighbor, or at least that's the way

05:20I interpret and see scripture at this point.

05:23If you have a different point of view, go down below in the comments and let us know.

05:28But try to be, try to expound and be specific about what you're trying to say so that we're

05:33clear.

05:34But, as it stands right now, the way we see it is that neighbor includes and means anyone,

05:40any human being on planet Earth.

05:43Now, these two, or actually this concept of not bearing false witness in line, there's

05:49two different words we're going to be looking at tonight.

05:51And one of these words occurs here in Exodus chapter 20, verse 16.

05:55The two words are Skeker and, I'm sorry, Sheker and Kazav.

06:01Sheker and Kazav.

06:04And Sheker actually occurs here in Exodus chapter 20, verse 16, where it says, do not bear false

06:10witness against your neighbor.

06:12But Sheker is Strong's H8267.

06:17H8267.

06:18Sheker.

06:19Sheker.

06:20And according to the outline of biblical usage from blueletterbible.org, Sheker means lie,

06:26deception, falsehood, deception, deceit, falsehood, lie, things like that.

06:31So, even though in Exodus 2016, we're talking about bearing false witness, Sheker still carries

06:37along the connotation of a lie.

06:40But, remember, false witnessing is nuanced and dependent on the context, whether it's referred

06:46to as false witnessing or a lie.

06:49Because false witnessing is a lie, but not all lies are false witness.

06:53See where we're going with that?

06:54According to Strong's definition for Sheker, it means an untruth, a sham, deceit, falsehood,

07:02liar, lie.

07:04And then going on, here is your Brown Driver Briggs entry for Sheker and your Genesis Hebrew

07:09Lexicon entry.

07:10All pretty much saying the same thing.

07:14Deceit, fraud, lie, perjury, things like that.

07:19And finally, here is your Jastrell's Dictionary of the Targums entry and your Klein Dictionary

07:24entry for Sheker.

07:26Went on to our second word that we'll be looking at real quick, just for my fellow nerds out

07:30there, this is the word kazav, kazav.

07:34And this is Strong's H3577, kazav.

07:39And the outline of biblical usage from blueletterbible.org defines kazav as a lie, an untruth, a falsehood,

07:47a deceptive thing.

07:49Think back to our previous word, shakir.

07:52Pretty much the exact same thing.

07:54And it's beyond the scope and purpose of this particular teaching to get into the difference

07:59and the nuances of these two different words, but just kind of take it into consideration

08:05that both of these pretty much mean the same thing, means lie, deceit, untruth, falsehood,

08:11things like that.

08:13Strong's definition defines it pretty much the same way as Shakir.

08:17In the outline of biblical usage, Strong's definition defines kazav as falsehood, untruth,

08:23deceitful, false, liar, lie, lying.

08:25And here is your Brown Driver Briggs entry and your Jacinus' Hebrew lexicon entry.

08:32And then finally, here is your Jasper L's Dictionary of the Targums entry and your Klein Dictionary

08:36entry for kazav.

08:39And once again, all these define it as pretty much the same thing.

08:43Lie, untruth, deceit, things like that.

08:47Now, once again, we cut all these entries down to fit on the slides and for the sake of

08:52time in this teaching, but if you'd like the full entry, you can go look it up for yourself

08:56in each of these particular lexicons or dictionaries, or you can go make it easier on yourself and

09:01look at the notes we took for you where we have the entire entry right there for you on

09:06that notes page.

09:09Truth, like we said, is foundational to a justice system.

09:13Courts have always relied on truth and true witnesses for the justice system and to pursue

09:21justice and enact justice.

09:24A false witness could mean an innocent person is going to jail or being condemned or punished

09:29unjustly.

09:31And a false witness could also mean that a guilty person goes free without being duly punished.

09:38So, a true and faithful witness is paramount to a righteous and functioning, so how should

09:47I put this?

09:48A righteously functioning justice system.

09:52There we go.

09:54The words of a false witness are like weapons, and this is, we know this implicitly, but this

09:59is just saying it explicitly.

10:00The words of a false witness are like weapons bringing harm.

10:04And it brings harm not just to the person who says it, but also to the person it's directed

10:09toward and condemning.

10:11Even beyond legal settings, false testimony threatens the peace and cohesion of community

10:16life.

10:17And it doesn't matter if it's a small community or a big community, if we're talking about

10:20in the context of a nation.

10:24We've all seen the effects in history about national leaders telling lies and how that affects

10:31the nation as a whole, millions of people.

10:35So, truth, true witnessing, and not lying, not false witnessing, is foundational to a

10:43righteously functioning society and a righteously functioning justice system.

10:49Every false witness is a liar, and every false witness they give is a lie, but not every

10:55lie is a false witness.

10:57We went over this a little bit before, but just to pretty much beat a dead horse, we'll

11:03say it again.

11:04There you go.

11:05Lying defiles the speaker.

11:07Like, when your normal life, you see that when someone lies, it really defiles them, even

11:13though they think it's helping them.

11:15Lying defiles the person who is speaking the lie, but a false witness also condemns the innocent

11:22or the person that they are witnessing falsely towards, particularly in an investigative or

11:30justice context.

11:32Like I said earlier, lying and false witnessing is pretty much the same thing, although the

11:39context with the Ninth Commandment is with an investigative or judicial context and not

11:45just lying in general.

11:46So here are some nuances and a little bit of differences between lying and false witnessing.

11:55Now, if you have anything to say about this, please let us know down in the comments or

12:00write to us at teamgodhonesttruth.com.

12:03But here are the differences that we see between lying and false witness, and we'll get to some

12:09scriptures that outline and reference both lying and false witnessing coming up next.

12:15But for right now, the scope of lying is broad.

12:19It can be anything that is untrue, any kind of falsehood.

12:23But false witnessing is more of a narrow concept where it's false testimony or a false accusation

12:30or providing false information in a judicial or investigative context like we've already

12:36covered.

12:37The target for lying could be anyone or anything.

12:41It can be general, personal, or even just no one specific.

12:45Just telling a lie to benefit yourself for any reason.

12:50That is lying in general.

12:52But false witnessing directly harms another person.

12:56In context, lying is any situation, any conversation, any action, or any omission, even sometimes.

13:06Whereas false witnessing in context usually is within the context of a judicial system, within

13:13context of testimony, a legal situation, or some kind of accusation that's being made or

13:20some kind of investigation that's being partaken of.

13:23We'll get to some more verses here in just a minute.

13:27But in the Tanakh, lying is condemned outright and specifically in no uncertain terms, such

13:34as in Leviticus 1911, in the Book of Proverbs, and many other places.

13:38Like I said, we'll get to those in just a moment.

13:41And there's going to be even more in the notes on our website.

13:44So go check that out.

13:46False witnessing, on the other hand, is specifically condemned in the Ninth Commandment, which is

13:51in Exodus 20, 16, and Deuteronomy 5, etc., etc.

13:54There's multiple places where false witnessing is also condemned like lying is.

14:00In the Brit Hadashah, this continues the same prohibition against lying.

14:04We see the prohibition in Colossians 3, 9, Ephesians 4, 25, Revelation 21, 8, and other places.

14:13Whereas false witnessing is also continued as far as the prohibition goes.

14:17And false witnessing is prohibited in the Brit Hadashah in Matthew 26, 59, Matthew 19, 18.

14:25I don't know why I got Deuteronomy in there, but sorry.

14:29But etc., etc.

14:30There's multiple places and even in the Brit Hadashah that speak against and condemn false

14:35witnessing as well as lying.

14:37Now, just to bring the point home a little bit further, lying and false witnessing are

14:46two concepts that exist on their own.

14:50False witnessing exists within the scope or the context of lying, but not all lying is

14:55false witnessing.

14:57Now, Scripture does reference both lying and false witnessing in the same verse in a couple

15:03of instances.

15:04Let's look at Proverbs chapter 6, verses 16 through 19.

15:08These six matters Yahweh hates, and seven are an abomination to Him.

15:14A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood.

15:20A heart devising wicked schemes, feet quick to run to evil.

15:23A false witness breathing out lies, and one who causes strife among brothers.

15:29So here we see that these are some things that are an abomination to Yahweh.

15:34And two of the things that are included in this list is number one, a lying tongue.

15:39Number two, a false witness who breathes out lies.

15:43So here we can see that there's lying in general that the Scriptures reference, and then there's

15:50a false witness or false witnessing, which is a lie in and of itself as well.

15:56But both are mentioned in the same verse.

15:59Another one, Proverbs chapter 19, verse 5.

16:03A false witness does not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies does not escape.

16:10Now, in this passage, this could be combined with one another, and come out to be pretty

16:18much in the same context, in the same scope, in the same thing.

16:22So take it as you will, but seeing as how there's other verses that reference both of

16:27these at the same time, I'm thinking that Proverbs 19, verse 5 is also doing the exact

16:31same thing, and we also go down and look at Proverbs chapter 14, verse 5.

16:37A trustworthy witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

16:44So a trustworthy witness tells the truth, does not lie, but it's a false witness who breathes

16:50out lies.

16:51So if you're a false witness, you're putting out lies.

16:55So a false witness or bearing false witness is lying, but once again, not all lying is

17:01false witnessing.

17:02It all depends on the context at hand.

17:06And I've seen some people over the years try to justify lying by saying that, well, the

17:12ninth commandment is within a judicial context and not giving false witnessing, false testimony.

17:18Outside of that, they say lying is acceptable.

17:22No.

17:24Lying and false witnessing is condemned by Scripture.

17:29We look at Leviticus chapter 19, verse 11.

17:33Do not steal.

17:34Do not lie.

17:37Do not deceive one another.

17:39Straightforward enough for you?

17:42So even if you say that the context of the ninth commandment is within a judicial,

17:47more investigative context, yeah, that's true.

17:51But lying is still condemned and prohibited.

17:55And false witnessing is just one form of lying.

18:00Zechariah chapter 8, verses 16 through 17.

18:03These are the words you should do.

18:06Speak the truth to one another.

18:09Judge with truth.

18:11And write ruling for peace in your gates.

18:13And do not plot evil in your heart against another.

18:16And do not love a false oath.

18:20For all these I hate, declares Yahweh.

18:23And finally, we're going to look at Ephesians chapter 4, verse 25, going on into the Brit Hadashah.

18:28Therefore, having put off the false, speak truth, each one with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.

18:38Now, here it's not saying do not bear false witness, but it's switched around into more of a positive, where it says speak truth with your neighbor.

18:48Not do not bear false witness against your neighbor, but speak truth with your neighbor.

18:54Pretty much the same things, just different sides of the same coin.

18:58Do not lie, tell the truth, whether it's in a general context, or within a judicial or investigative context.

19:09Lying itself actually contradicts the character of Yahweh.

19:13We think of all the attributes and the things that we would say about Yahweh, and one thing that we can say about Yahweh is that he does not lie.

19:22But does that reflect what scripture actually tells us?

19:26Yes, it does.

19:27Let's look at Titus chapter 1, verses 1 through 3.

19:31According to the belief of Elohim's chosen ones and knowledge of the truth, according to reverence, in expectation of everlasting life, which Elohim, who does not lie.

19:44Hebrews chapter 6, verses 17 through 20.

19:47In this way, Elohim, resolving to show even more clearly to the heirs of promise the unchangeableness of his purpose,

19:54confirmed it by an oath so that by two unchangeable matters in which it is impossible for Elohim to lie, we might have strong encouragement.

20:06So here we can see that one of the things about Yahweh is truth and truthfulness.

20:12Not lying.

20:14So when we lie, even when one of those forms of lying is bearing false witness, we contradict and we go against the very nature of Yahweh.

20:25And we're supposed to be in his image.

20:27We're supposed to conform ourselves to him.

20:29It's an ongoing process, or at least it is for me.

20:33Maybe some of you have already reached that goal.

20:35I know I haven't.

20:36I'm still trying.

20:38And one of the things that I've got to get better at is aligning myself and making myself more like the attributes of Yahweh.

20:47And one of those is being truthful at all costs at all time.

20:52We'll get into some exceptions here in just a minute because I can already feel it.

20:57Some of you out there watching this, you're thinking, oh, well, what about this passage?

21:00What about that instance?

21:02We'll get to that in just a minute.

21:03Just hang with me for just a moment.

21:05Right now, we're going on the character and the attributes of Yahweh.

21:08And one of those is truthfulness or telling the truth.

21:11And when we lie or bear false witness, we are actually contradicting the character of Yahweh or one of the character aspects of Yahweh.

21:20But who is it that we're actually emulating when we lie or bear false witness?

21:26It's the adversary himself.

21:28We look at John chapter 8, verse 44.

21:32You are your father, the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do.

21:37He was a murderer from the beginning and has not stood in the truth because there is no truth in him.

21:44When he speaks the lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.

21:52So who's the father of lies?

21:55Hasatan, the adversary.

21:57The devil is it.

21:57Let's hear.

21:59Side note, we don't actually know the name of the adversary.

22:03It always says something like the devil or the adversary.

22:08Lucifer is a mistranslation, by the way.

22:10But like I said, that's a side note.

22:12Anyways.

22:14Hasatan, or the adversary, is the father of lies.

22:17And when we lie, when we bear false witness, we are actually emulating and going after the character aspects of the father of lies.

22:27Who is Satan?

22:29So you'd be more like Yahweh or do you want to be more like Satan?

22:32Tell the truth, bear true witness, you're like Yahweh.

22:39Tell a lie, be a liar, bear false witness, you're more like Satan.

22:44Now there's actually punishments in scripture for bearing false witness, even lying.

22:52But let's look at false witnessing since that is the context of the ninth commandment.

22:56We look at Deuteronomy chapter 19, verses 16 through 19.

23:01So here,

23:30If a false witness comes against someone, and they bear false witness, and the punishment for the accused is death,

23:39but the false witness is discovered to be a false witness,

23:43then the punishment for that false witnessing is death.

23:47They are to be given the same punishment as the accused would have gotten if they would have been convicted.

23:53Another example, if the sentence for the accused is going to be 10 years in prison,

24:01then once the false witness is found out, and they're found out to be providing false testimony,

24:09then they are to be punished with that 10 years in prison that the accused would have gotten if they would have been convicted.

24:15Make sense?

24:16This is something that continues on, or was even understood going forward even after the times of the Tanakh.

24:24It was on into the first couple of centuries.

24:27We look at the writings of Josephus,

24:29And he says in the Antiquities of the Jews, book 4, chapter 8,

24:34So according to Josephus, just like Scripture says,

24:47You're going to have at least two or three witnesses to confirm something,

24:51and that their testimony is confirmed by the way they live their lives.

24:56He then goes on to say,

24:58But if anyone be believed to have borne false witness,

25:01let him, when he is convicted, suffer all the very same punishments which he against whom he bore witness was to have suffered.

25:11So just like we read in Scripture, Josephus is relating the exact same thing,

25:16that when a false witness is found out,

25:19is to be punished with that which the accused would have been punished with had he been convicted.

25:25Then we look at the Didache in chapter 3,

25:28and Didache is one of those really, really early non-scriptural writings that we find in history.

25:36And that was written somewhere around the end of the 1st century,

25:40maybe the beginning of the 2nd century.

25:43But in Didache chapter 3, it says,

25:46My child, be not a liar, since a lie leads to theft.

25:52Does a lie always lead to theft?

25:53Well, it's pretty common.

25:56Yeah, but probably not always.

25:58However, it's still good advice.

26:01Do not lie.

26:02Do not be a liar.

26:03Do not bear false witness.

26:06So even the early writers continued on with this theme of do not lie.

26:12We've kind of lost that over the years, I think, or especially here in America.

26:17It seems like everyone can't be trusted anymore.

26:22You can't take someone at their word.

26:24If you don't have a 30-page legal document to do simple things and have it in writing,

26:32it's nuts anymore.

26:33We should be getting back to that point where a man's word is his bond.

26:39When he says something, you can take it to the bank.

26:42You don't need a legal document to hold him accountable for it.

26:46He should hold himself accountable for what he promises to do or the words that he says.

26:51Unfortunately, that's not the way it is, but that's what scripture tells us to do anyways.

26:57Do not lie.

26:58Do not bear false witness.

27:01There's even eternal consequences for being a false witness or being a liar and not being forgiven or not being repentant of that.

27:11We look at Psalms 101, verses 6-7.

27:17My eyes are on the trustworthy of the land, to dwell with me.

27:22He who walks in a perfect way, he serves me.

27:25He who practices deceit does not dwell in my house.

27:29He who speaks lies does not stand in my presence.

27:34Do you want to make it to the new Jerusalem, to the kingdom of heaven that's going to be established here on earth?

27:42Don't be a liar.

27:45Revelation chapter 21, verses 7-8.

27:47And finally, Revelation chapter 21, verse 27.

28:17And there shall by no means enter into it whatever is unclean, neither anyone do an abomination and falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

28:29So here we can see when it talks about entering into it, it means the new Jerusalem, the new city that comes down out of the heavens to here on earth.

28:38No one's going to enter into it.

28:40And who are those that are not going to enter into it?

28:42Those who are false, who are liars, who are not written in the Lamb's book of life.

28:50So here we can see the unrepentant liars are not in the book of life.

28:54That's what we get from this particular verse right here.

28:57But just like we covered with the previous commandments, even with murder and adultery, there was forgiveness for those because Dawid, King Dawid, King David received forgiveness for both adultery and murder.

29:11If you're a liar, you've told lies, you can be forgiven for that.

29:16You don't have to remain that way.

29:18So repent, turn to Yahweh, be washed of your sins, including the lion, and be cleansed and white as snow through the blood of Yeshua.

29:28Now, I know a lot of you are asking, well, what about this instance in Scripture?

29:33What about that instance in Scripture where it says that people lied and either good things come about or bad things did not come about?

29:41Well, it's kind of condoned that way.

29:44Let's take a look at a couple of those real quick.

29:47In Exodus chapter 1, verses 15 through 21, this is a story of the midwives in the Egyptian slavery time setting.

29:56But here, starting in verse 15 of Exodus chapter 1.

30:01Then the sovereign of Mitzrayim spoke to the Hebrew midwives, and he said,

30:05When you deliver the Hebrew women, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death.

30:10But if it is a daughter, then she shall live.

30:12But the midwives feared Elohim and kept the male children alive.

30:17So the sovereign of Mitzrayim called for the midwives and said to them,

30:21Why have you done this and kept the male children alive?

30:24And the midwives said to Pharaoh,

30:27Because the Hebrew women are not like the Mitzrayim women,

30:30for they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them.

30:34So Elohim was good to the midwives, and the people increased and became very numerous.

30:40And it came to be because the midwives feared Elohim that he provided households for them.

30:47The ninth commandment says,

30:48Do not bear false witness.

30:50We're seeing in other places where it says,

30:53Do not lie.

30:54But here, we see the Hebrew midwives lying to Pharaoh.

31:00So what's going on here?

31:03We can also see, in addition to all that,

31:05that they lied to Pharaoh,

31:07and then they were rewarded for doing so.

31:12But were they really?

31:13I mean, here you can see that they are preserving life.

31:19They're preserving and protecting human life.

31:22And I think that's the point that we should focus on more than anything else.

31:26Yes, they lied.

31:27No doubt about it.

31:29But I think that the point of this story,

31:31and what we can draw out of this,

31:33the very top thing,

31:34is that they feared Yahweh,

31:37because they knew that all mankind is an image of Yahweh.

31:41So they were protecting these young children,

31:44preserving their life.

31:48Lying is just a secondary thing that comes along with it.

31:51Because they protected the children,

31:54because they did not shed innocent blood,

31:57and because they feared Yahweh,

32:00they were blessed because of this.

32:03They weren't blessed because of their lying.

32:05I don't see anyone anywhere

32:07who's ever blessed or rewarded for lying.

32:12Descending like that.

32:14But I do think the point here is that the Hebrew midwives

32:17were rewarded and blessed for protecting innocent life.

32:23And once again,

32:24the lying part was just secondary.

32:26But it was to protect life.

32:30Keep that in mind,

32:30because we're going to get to some more of that here in just a moment.

32:33Another example,

32:35very much like this,

32:37is going to be with the example of the prostitute named Rahab,

32:41when Joshua and the spies went into the promised land to scout it out.

32:47We look in Joshua chapter 2, verses 1 through 6.

32:50And Yehoshua son of Nun secretly sent out two men from Shittim to spy.

32:56They went and came to the house of a woman, a whore,

32:59and her name was Rahab.

33:01But it was reported to the sovereign of Jericho,

33:03the sovereign of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying,

33:06Bring out the men who have come to you,

33:08who have entered your house.

33:10But the woman had taken the two men and hid them.

33:13So she said,

33:14The men came to me,

33:15but I did not know where they were from.

33:18Then it came to be,

33:19as the gate was being shut when it was dark,

33:21that the men went out.

33:22I do not know where the men went,

33:24but she had brought them up to the roof

33:27and hidden them with the stalks of flax,

33:29which she had laid out on the roof.

33:33So once again,

33:34we see someone who is lying,

33:38but lying to protect and preserve life.

33:41These weren't innocent little babies.

33:44I mean,

33:44they were Joshua and some spies,

33:47pretty much the spies that went there,

33:49not Joshua.

33:50But anyways,

33:51they were not guilty,

33:53at least we're not told they were guilty of anything

33:55deserving of death.

33:56So we can presume that they were innocent

33:58and just somewhere they were in danger for their life.

34:03But Rahab was protecting their lives.

34:05So she lied to protect innocent life.

34:08And she was actually counted as righteous.

34:11And when you look at the genealogy of Yeshua,

34:14who do you see?

34:16You see Rahab,

34:17the harlot.

34:18We even see her mentioned again in James 2,

34:22verses 24-26.

34:24You see then that a man is declared right by works

34:28and not by belief alone.

34:30In the same way was not Rahab,

34:32the whore,

34:33also declared right by works

34:35when she received the messengers

34:36and sent them out another way?

34:39For as the body without the spirit is dead,

34:41so also the belief is dead without the works.

34:44So here we can see that Rahab

34:46believed in Yahweh.

34:48She knew that Yahweh existed

34:50and she actually had

34:51a healthy fear of Yahweh.

34:54But just that belief

34:56and that faith

34:57wasn't enough to declare her righteous.

34:59She actually had to put that

35:01into action with her deeds,

35:03which she did

35:04by protecting the two spies

35:06that came to her house.

35:08By protecting them,

35:09by her faith

35:10and by her actions,

35:11she was declared right.

35:13As James says here,

35:15she was declared right

35:16by her works.

35:20Once again,

35:21it's like with the example

35:22of the Hebrew midwives.

35:23This is an example of

35:25lying to protect life.

35:29We'll be at that in just a moment,

35:30but let's look at some other examples

35:32in Scripture

35:34that you may be thinking about.

35:35We'll cover just real quick here.

35:38We look in 1 Kings 22,

35:39verses 20-23,

35:41and it also gets recounted

35:43in 2 Chronicles 18.

35:45But this is the story

35:46of the lying spirit

35:48that is allowed,

35:50not put,

35:51but allowed

35:52to go into the prophets

35:54of Ahab.

35:55And it's talking about,

35:57well,

35:58when you read that story

35:58in 1 Kings,

36:00we have the council

36:01and Yahweh saying,

36:03well,

36:03who will go up

36:04to entice Ahab

36:05to come?

36:07And there is a false

36:09or a lying spirit

36:10that says,

36:10I will go

36:11and be a falsehood

36:13in the mouths

36:14of the prophets

36:15of Ahab.

36:16So Yahweh allows him

36:18for this false spirit

36:19to go and lie

36:22through the mouths

36:23of the prophets

36:24of Ahab

36:24to entice Ahab

36:25to come about

36:27and do what it is

36:28that Yahweh wants done.

36:30So it wasn't something

36:31that Yahweh lied about.

36:33He didn't even

36:34say,

36:37go lie.

36:37He didn't command

36:38the lie.

36:39He just,

36:40from what I see,

36:41He just allowed it

36:43to happen.

36:45Still,

36:46this is not

36:47the Holy Spirit.

36:48This is not

36:48the spirit of Yahweh.

36:49This is another spirit,

36:51the lying spirit,

36:52that was allowed

36:54to do this.

36:56It wasn't commanded

36:57by Yahweh.

36:57He was just allowed to.

36:59So,

37:00take that nuance

37:01into account.

37:02Another one,

37:03we see in

37:042 Kings 10,

37:06verses 18-31.

37:08This is the story

37:09of King Yehu,

37:12or Jehu,

37:12everybody want to

37:13pronounce it.

37:15He is going out

37:16and he actually

37:17tells lies

37:18to the prophets

37:20and the priests

37:21and the worshippers

37:22of Baal

37:23and tells them,

37:25you know,

37:25come to this

37:26gathering

37:27and make sure

37:28there's none

37:29of the people

37:30of Yahweh there.

37:31Just nothing

37:32but people of Baal.

37:33We're going to

37:34sacrifice to Baal

37:35and we'll have

37:35a great time,

37:36big party,

37:37right?

37:38This is what

37:39he told them.

37:40But he was lying

37:41because once

37:42they all got together,

37:43King Yehu

37:44slaughtered them all,

37:47got rid of

37:48all the worshippers

37:49and the priests

37:49and the adherents

37:50of Baal.

37:52He didn't get rid

37:53of all idolatry

37:54as the story goes on,

37:54but he did get rid

37:55of the servants

37:57and the priests

37:57of Baal

37:58by lying to them.

38:01Now,

38:01what is going on here?

38:03Is this acceptable?

38:05Well,

38:06I'd say it's

38:06still a,

38:09oh,

38:09how does she say this?

38:11It's still breaking

38:11of the ninth commandment.

38:13Still breaking

38:14of the commandment

38:15to not lie.

38:17But,

38:18at the same time,

38:19it is eradicating

38:21idolatry.

38:22It is eradicating

38:23false gods.

38:26So,

38:27take that

38:29for what it's worth

38:29in this particular story.

38:31Just like with the

38:32previous stories

38:33that we covered

38:33that was protecting

38:35innocent life,

38:37this is also

38:38one of those

38:39other

38:39extremely

38:40serious

38:41things.

38:42Idolatry,

38:43in other words.

38:44But all in all,

38:46the command

38:47is do not lie

38:48and I would say

38:49in my own opinion

38:50the way I read

38:51scripture

38:51is do not lie

38:52for any reason

38:54or give false witness

38:55for any reason

38:57unless

38:58it is for the

38:59preservation of life.

39:00The

39:00angel example

39:02goes back

39:02to World War II.

39:03If you're

39:04harboring and protecting

39:05Jews in World War II

39:07and Nazis come to your door

39:08asking if you know

39:09where any Jews are,

39:11well,

39:11do you

39:12go by the

39:13strict adherence

39:14of

39:15the scriptures

39:16and tell them,

39:17yeah,

39:18there's Jews

39:18in my back closet?

39:20Or,

39:21do you say,

39:22no,

39:23I don't know

39:23where any Jews are

39:24in order to protect

39:25innocent life?

39:27That's what I'm saying.

39:28When it comes down

39:29to protecting

39:29innocent life,

39:30we have

39:32scriptural precedent

39:32for lying

39:34and setting aside

39:35that command

39:36temporarily

39:37just to protect

39:38innocent life.

39:40But,

39:40even within

39:41Judaism,

39:42there is a concept

39:43known as

39:44tekuach nefesh.

39:46And this is

39:47pretty much

39:47the preservation

39:48of life

39:49or setting aside

39:49of the commands

39:50for the preservation

39:51of life.

39:52We went over this

39:53a little bit

39:54in last year's

39:55adultery teaching.

39:58But,

39:59let's go over it again

40:00just in case

40:00some of y'all

40:01missed that.

40:03Here from

40:04wikipedia.org,

40:05pikuach nefesh.

40:07Pikuach nefesh,

40:08which means

40:08saving a soul

40:09or saving a life,

40:10is the principle

40:11in halaha

40:11or Jewish law

40:13that the preservation

40:14of human life

40:15overrides virtually

40:16any other religious

40:17rule of Judaism.

40:18In the event

40:19that a person

40:19is in critical danger,

40:21most mitzvot

40:22or commandments

40:23become inapplicable

40:25if they would

40:26hinder the ability

40:26to save oneself

40:28or someone else.

40:30However,

40:31there are certain

40:31exceptions.

40:32Some rules

40:33and commandments

40:33may not be broken

40:34under any circumstances

40:35and thus

40:37may require

40:37an act

40:38of self-sacrifice.

40:40Go look at that article

40:41if you want

40:42some of the nuances

40:44and the instances

40:45where you're not

40:46allowed to set aside

40:47the commands.

40:47but for the most part

40:49when it comes

40:50to protecting

40:51a life,

40:52protecting an innocent

40:52life especially,

40:54it's okay to set

40:55aside the commands

40:56or bend the commands

40:57at some time.

40:58And I think

40:58in my own personal

40:59opinion,

41:00there's actually

41:00precedent

41:01from the teaching

41:03of Yeshua himself

41:05when he talks

41:06about who would

41:07not rescue

41:09a lamb

41:10who falls

41:10in a ditch

41:11on the Sabbath.

41:12That would

41:13technically be work

41:14and you're not

41:14supposed to work

41:15on the Sabbath

41:16but you're preserving

41:17that life.

41:18And I think

41:19that's something

41:19that Yeshua

41:20was teaching there

41:21is that when it

41:23comes to preserving

41:23a life,

41:25you can set aside

41:27or even bend

41:28the commandments

41:29in order to

41:30preserve that life.

41:31Another example

41:32from the teachings

41:33of Yeshua

41:34when he talks

41:35about how David

41:36and his men

41:37went into the temple

41:38and ate the showbread

41:39in order to

41:41rejuvenate themselves

41:42and to save

41:43their life.

41:44Once again,

41:45they weren't

41:46saving other

41:46people's lives

41:47in that instance

41:47they were

41:48saving their

41:48own lives.

41:49At the same time

41:50that showbread

41:51was only

41:52for the priest

41:53and only

41:53for the temple.

41:54They weren't

41:54supposed to

41:55eat it

41:55but in order

41:57to save

41:58their life

41:58they set

41:59that aside

42:00and ate

42:01the showbread.

42:03So I think

42:04that even Yeshua

42:05himself gives

42:06precedent

42:07and teaches

42:07this concept

42:09of preserving

42:10life

42:11even when

42:12sometimes

42:12it's necessary

42:13to set

42:14aside

42:15or bend

42:16temporarily

42:16some of

42:18the commandments.

42:19However,

42:20in general

42:21when we look

42:23at the concept

42:24of false

42:24witnessing

42:25and the

42:26United

42:26Commandment

42:26or just

42:27line in

42:28general

42:28because once

42:29again,

42:29false witnessing

42:30is a type

42:31of line.

42:33You should not

42:34do it

42:34unless it's

42:36for saving

42:37life.

42:38And I think

42:39that's what

42:39scripture really

42:40comes about

42:41and represents

42:42to us.

42:43As far as

42:44each other,

42:45we should not

42:45be lying

42:46or deceiving

42:47or false

42:47witnessing

42:47against each

42:49other.

42:50Colossians

42:50chapter 3

42:51verses 9

42:52through 11.

42:53Do not

42:54lie to

42:55each other

42:56since you

42:57have put

42:57off the

42:58old man

42:58with his

42:59practices

42:59and have

43:00put on

43:00the new

43:01one

43:01who is

43:02renewed

43:02in knowledge

43:03according

43:03to the

43:03likeness

43:04of him

43:04who created

43:05him.

43:06Where there

43:06is no

43:07Greek

43:07and Yehudi

43:08circumcised

43:09and uncircumcised

43:10foreigner

43:11Scythian

43:11slave

43:12free

43:12but Messiah

43:13is all

43:14and in

43:15all.

43:16When you

43:17come to

43:17Yeshua

43:17and you

43:18become a

43:18believer

43:19you become

43:19washed in

43:20the blood

43:21you become

43:21born again

43:22you become

43:23a new

43:24man

43:25a new

43:25person.

43:26You should

43:27not be

43:27like that

43:27old man

43:28you should

43:28not be

43:28like that

43:29Gentile

43:29that you

43:30used to

43:30be

43:30you're

43:31no longer

43:31a Gentile

43:32put off

43:33the things

43:33like false

43:34witnessing

43:34put off

43:35the things

43:35like lying

43:36and put

43:37on that

43:37new man

43:38in Yeshua

43:39the one

43:40who

43:40tells

43:41the truth

43:41and

43:42acts

43:43righteously

43:43toward

43:44his

43:44brothers.

43:46So

43:46in

43:47summary

43:48you do

43:51not bear

43:51false

43:51witness

43:52against

43:52your

43:52neighbor.

43:53That is

43:53the ninth

43:54commandment

43:55straightforward

43:55plain

43:56and simple.

43:58It comes

43:58from Exodus

43:58chapter 20

43:59verse 16

44:00and Deuteronomy

44:01chapter 5

44:02verse 20.

44:03The two

44:04words that

44:04we briefly

44:05covered

44:06and looked

44:06at some

44:06of the

44:07entries

44:07for

44:08are

44:08Shakir

44:09and

44:10Kazav

44:11that is

44:11Strong's

44:12H8267

44:13and

44:14Strong's

44:15H3577

44:16respectively.

44:18Truth

44:19is

44:20foundational

44:20to bring

44:21about

44:21justice

44:22and to

44:23establish

44:23trust

44:24and confidence

44:25in a

44:25society

44:26in a

44:27family

44:27in a

44:28community

44:28wherever

44:29you

44:29have

44:29it.

44:30Truth

44:30is

44:31necessary

44:32to bring

44:32about

44:32good

44:33and

44:33righteous

44:34things.

44:36All

44:36false

44:36witnessing

44:37or

44:37testimony

44:37is

44:38lying

44:39but

44:39not

44:39all

44:40lying

44:40is

44:41false

44:41witnessing.

44:43Both

44:44lying

44:44and

44:45bearing

44:45false

44:45witness

44:46are

44:46didactically

44:47or

44:47specifically

44:48condemned

44:49in

44:49scripture.

44:50And

44:50we

44:50went

44:50over

44:50just

44:51a

44:52few

44:52of

44:52the

44:52verses

44:53which

44:53directly

44:54and

44:55straightforward

44:55condemn

44:56both

44:57lying

44:57and

44:58false

44:58witnessing.

44:59There's

44:59plenty

44:59of

44:59others

45:00but

45:00we

45:01went

45:01over

45:01a

45:01few

45:01of

45:01those

45:02which

45:02illustrated

45:03the

45:03point

45:03beautifully.

45:05False

45:05witnesses

45:05were to

45:06be

45:06punished

45:06with

45:07the

45:07same

45:07sentence

45:08as

45:08that

45:09which

45:09was

45:09sought

45:09after

45:10for

45:10the

45:11accused.

45:11We

45:12went

45:12over

45:12and

45:13looked

45:13at

45:13that

45:13in

45:13scripture

45:13and

45:14we

45:14also

45:14looked

45:15at

45:15Josephus

45:16relating

45:16the

45:16very

45:17same

45:17thing

45:17in

45:17his

45:18writings

45:18of

45:19the

45:19antiquities

45:19of

45:20the

45:20Jews.

45:21Scripture

45:21illustrates

45:22that

45:22preserving

45:23life

45:23is

45:25one

45:26reason

45:26to

45:26turn

45:26a

45:26blind

45:27eye

45:27to

45:28lying.

45:29We

45:29see

45:29the

45:29Hebrew

45:30midwives

45:30when they

45:31were

45:31preserving

45:31life

45:32there was a

45:33blind eye

45:34turned to

45:34their lying

45:35which was

45:35done in

45:36order to

45:36preserve

45:37life.

45:38We

45:38see

45:38Rahab

45:39when she

45:39lied to

45:40preserve

45:40the lives

45:41of the

45:41spies

45:42there was

45:42a blind

45:43eye

45:43turned to

45:44her lying

45:45because she

45:46was

45:46saving

45:47lives.

45:48And that

45:49is the

45:49only

45:49exception

45:50that I

45:50can see

45:51in my

45:51opinion

45:52to

45:53set

45:54aside

45:54the

45:54commandment

45:55to

45:55not

45:55lie.

45:57And

45:58finally

45:58on the

45:59whole

45:59we

45:59should

46:00not

46:00sin

46:01by

46:01bearing

46:01false

46:02witness

46:02or

46:03lying.

46:04Like I

46:05said

46:05the only

46:06exception

46:07I can

46:07see

46:07is

46:08to

46:08preserve

46:09life

46:10and

46:11that

46:11is

46:12a

46:12very

46:12and

46:13extremely

46:13rare

46:14circumstance

46:14or

46:15especially

46:16in

46:16the

46:17modern

46:17world

46:18maybe

46:18not

46:19in

46:19some

46:19other

46:20places

46:20around

46:20the

46:20world

46:21which

46:21are

46:21war

46:21torn

46:22and

46:22things

46:22like

46:22that

46:23but

46:24we

46:25should

46:25not

46:25lie

46:26ever

46:26unless

46:27it

46:28is

46:28to

46:28preserve

46:28life

46:29and

46:30that's

46:30just

46:31the

46:31God

46:31honest

46:32truth.

46:33So

46:33thank

46:33you

46:34for

46:34joining

46:34us

46:34for

46:34this

46:35teaching

46:35we

46:35hope

46:36that

46:36you

46:36got

46:36something

46:36out

46:37of

46:37it

46:37and

46:37we

46:37hope

46:37that

46:37you

46:38realize

46:38the

46:39difference

46:39and

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