The penalty for lying in court gave pause to all involved: “The judges will thoroughly investigate, and if the man who testified is a false witness and has brought a false charge against his brother, you should do to him just as he had schemed to do to his brother, and you must remove what is bad from your midst. ”
ان العقاب المفروض على كل من يدلي بشهادة زور في المحكمة شكَّل رادعا عن ارتكاب هذه الفعلة .‏ فالشريعة نصّت :‏ « يتحقق القضاة جيدا ،‏ فإن كان الشاهد شاهد زور وقد اتهم اخاه زورا ،‏ فافعلوا به كما دبَّر ان يفعل بأخيه ،‏ وانزع الشر من وسطك » .‏