Thematic Bible: Permitted in bearing witness


Thematic Bible



If they will diligently learn the ways of My people—to swear by My name, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ just as they taught My people to swear by Baal—they will be built up among My people. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanFollowers Of BaalSwearing BySwearing

there must be an oath before the Lord between the two of them to determine whether or not he has taken his neighbor’s property. Its owner must accept the oath, and the other man does not have to make restitution. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, ‘If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse. Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanBitter WaterAbsence Of SexBad WaterUnpunishedPeople Bound By Oaths


When a man sins against his neighbor
and is forced to take an oath,
and he comes to take an oath
before Your altar in this temple,
Verse ConceptsOaths, HumanSwearing Oaths

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