False Witness as Military Weapons
The point: Tell your son or daughter that if they bear false witness against their sister, God says they are like a person in the army, armed to the hilt, using death weapons against their sibling.
Martin likens a child bearing false witness against a sibling to a soldier armed to the hilt, using death weapons against their own brother or sister, emphasizing the destructive nature of lies.
Verse 18, a man that bears false witness against his neighbor, and now look at the imagery, is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. All instruments of death. A maul, a sword, and not just an arrow, but a sharp arrow. And you tell your son or daughter, if you bear false witness against your sister, God says you're like a person who's in the army, who is armed to the hilt, and you're using your death weapons against your sister or your brother.
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