He said: You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well.

Now, let us make an agreement (covenant) and let it stand as a witness between you and me.

Laban said: This pile of stones stands as a witness between you and me today. This is why it was named Galeed,

This pile of stones and this marker stand as witnesses that I will not go past the pile of stones to harm you, and that you will not go past the pile of stones or marker to harm me.

The people of Reuben and Gad said: This altar is a witness to all of us that Jehovah is God. Therefore they named it witness.

He told the people: This stone will serve as our witness. It has heard all the words that Jehovah spoke to us. So it will be a witness against you, to keep you from rebelling against your God.

The pride of Israel testifies about them. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah will also stumble with them.

Israel, your arrogance testifies against you. Even after all this, you do not return to Jehovah your God or look to him for help.

They show the work of the law written in their hearts. Their conscience also bears witness, and their thoughts accuse or excuse them.

This is our pride and testimony of conscience. In holiness and Godly sincerity we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you. It was not by fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day that you will soon utterly perish from off the land you possess the other side of the Jordan. You will not prolong your days upon it, but will be destroyed.

I call on heaven and earth as witnesses today that I have offered you life or death, blessings or curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants will live.

Assemble all the elders of your tribes and your officers in front of me. As they listen, I will speak these words and call on heaven and earth to testify against them.

Write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel. Put it on their lips, so that this song may be a witness for me against the sons of Israel.

Then it will happen, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify before them as a witness. It shall not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. I know the intent they are developing today, before I have brought them into the land that I swore.

Take this Book of the Law, and put it next to the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah your God, where it will be a witness against you.