52 occurrences

'Testimony' in the Bible

“If they will not believe you or pay attention to the evidence of the first sign, they may believe the evidence of the second sign.

Verse ConceptsNot Believing PeopleNot Believing Signs

As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron [eventually] placed it in the presence of the Testimony, to be kept.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, Function

You shall put into the ark the Testimony (Ten Commandments) which I will give you.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, PurposeArk Of The Covenant, Contents

You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony which I will give you.

Verse ConceptsChestsTestimoniesPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]

There I will meet with you; from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, I will speak [intimately] with you regarding every commandment that I will give you for the Israelites.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionCommands, in OTMercy SeatArk Of The Covenant, PurposeArk Of The Covenant, FunctionJudgment SeatTypesGod's Shekinah GloryMeeting GodGod SpeakingPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim DepictedArk Of The CovenantCherubim

You shall hang the veil from the hooks [that connect the curtains together], and you shall bring the ark of the Testimony there within the veil. The veil shall separate for you the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies.

Verse ConceptsMost Holy PlaceSeparationHooks

In the Tent of Meeting [of God with His people], outside the veil which is in front of the [ark of the] Testimony [and sets it apart], Aaron [the high priest] and his sons shall keep the lamp burning from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual statute [to be observed] throughout their generations on behalf of the Israelites.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Priestly ResponsibilitiesMorningOrdinancesPriests, Function In Ot TimesTentsPutting In OrderActing All Night

You shall put the altar of incense [in the Holy Place] in front and outside of the veil that screens the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ConstructionMercy SeatArk Of The Covenant, PurposeAtonement, in OTMost Holy PlaceTypesArk Of The Covenant, Names ForAltar Of IncenseTestimoniesMeeting GodPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]

You shall anoint the Tent of Meeting with it, and the ark of the Testimony,

Verse ConceptsAnointing, ObjectsAnointing ThingsThe Tabernacle

You shall crush some of it [into a] very fine [powder], and put some of it before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you.

Verse ConceptsGrinding

the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony, the mercy seat that is upon it, all the furnishings of the tent—

Verse ConceptsCovering The ArkPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]The Tabernacle

Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hand; tablets that were written on both sides—they were written on one side and on the other.

Verse ConceptsMan Going DownTwo Stone TabletsTwo Sided

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hand, he did not know that the skin of his face was shining [with a unique radiance] because he had been speaking with God.

Verse ConceptsMetamorphosisecstasyMoses, Significance OfAurasMan Going DownLight Of God's PeopleTwo Stone TabletsIgnorant Of Facts

This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as counted according to the command of Moses, for the work of the Levites, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

You shall place the ark of the Testimony there, and you shall screen off the ark [from the Holy Place of God’s Presence] with the veil (partition curtain).

Verse ConceptsMost Holy Place

You shall set the golden altar of incense in front of the ark of the Testimony [outside the veil], and put the [hanging] veil at the doorway of the tabernacle.

Verse ConceptsGoldIncenseTypes Of ChristTestimonies

He took the Testimony [the stones inscribed with the Ten Commandments] and put it into the ark [of the covenant], and placed the poles [through the rings] on the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ConstructionArk Of The Covenant, FunctionLaw, Ten CommandmentsTestimoniesCovering The ArkPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]

Moses brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up a veil (partition) for the screen (curtain), and screened off the ark of the Testimony, just as the Lord had commanded him.

Verse ConceptsMost Holy Place

and put the incense on the fire [in the censer] before the Lord, so that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on [the ark of] the Testimony, otherwise he will die.

Verse ConceptsSmokeCovering The ArkDeath Due To God's PresencePropitiatory [Mercy Seat]smoking

You shall not go around as a gossip among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor [with slander or false testimony]; I am the Lord.

Verse ConceptsBackbitingGossipInjuryInjustice, Examples OfSlanderSpeech, Negative Aspects OfFalse AccusationsCharacter AssassinationI Am The LordSocial LifeFake Friendsgossiping

Outside the veil of the Testimony [between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place] in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron shall always keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening until morning; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations.

Verse ConceptsOrdinancesTent Of MeetingPerpetual StatutesActing All Night

But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle (sanctuary) of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings and all things that belong to it. They shall carry the tabernacle [when traveling] and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it and camp around it.

Verse ConceptsCareRankTentsCarrying Holy ThingsCamping During The ExodusThe Tabernacle

But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, so that there will be no wrath against the congregation of the Israelites. The Levites shall be in charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

Verse ConceptsCamping During The ExodusAction Lest God Be Angry

“When the camp prepares to move out, Aaron and his sons shall come into the sanctuary and take down the veil (curtain) screening off the Holy of Holies, and cover the ark of the testimony with it;

Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesSetting Out

Now when Moses went into the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat (the gold cover) that was on the ark of the Testimony from between the two cherubim; and He spoke [by special revelation] to him.

Verse ConceptsMercy SeatArk Of The Covenant, FunctionAtonement, in OTWorship, Results OfCherubim, As DecorationsCovering The ArkHearing God's VoiceGod's VoiceTwo AngelsPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim Depicted

Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud [of God’s presence] covered the tabernacle, that is, the tent of the Testimony; and in the evening it was over the tabernacle, appearing like [a pillar of] fire until the morning.

Verse ConceptsMaking The TabernacleCovering The TabernacleThe Tabernacle

On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year [since leaving Egypt], the cloud [of the Lord’s presence] was lifted from over the tabernacle of the Testimony,

Verse ConceptsDivine ManifestationsMonth 2

You shall then deposit them in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) in front of [the ark of] the Testimony, where I meet with you.

Verse ConceptsTypesMeeting God

So Moses deposited the rods before the Lord in the Tent of the Testimony (tabernacle).

Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsAlmondsAaron, As High PriestBlossomMiracles, Nature OfRodsAlmond TreesSprouting PlantsSprouting

But the Lord said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s rod back before the Testimony [in the ark], to be kept as a [warning] sign for the rebellious and contentious, so that you may put an end to their murmurings [of discontent] against Me, so that they do not die.”

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, ContentsArk Of The Covenant, FunctionRebellion, Against GodAaron, Life EventsDeath Due To God's PresenceDo Not GrumbleThings As Signsrebellion

But bring with you also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father (ancestor), so that they may join with you and serve you [as assistants], while you and your sons with you are before the Tent of the Testimony [the Holy Place where only priests may go, and the Most Holy Place which only the high priest may enter].

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High PriestMinistry, Nature OfParticipation, In Christ

‘If anyone kills a person [intentionally], the murderer shall be put to death on the testimony of [two or more] witnesses; but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of [only] one witness.

Verse ConceptsAgreements, LegalMurderWitnesses, LegalOnly One PersonDeath Penalty For Killing

“A single witness shall not appear in a trial against a man for any wrong or any sin which he has committed; [only] on the testimony or evidence of two or three witnesses shall a charge be confirmed.

Verse ConceptsAgreements, LegalConfirmationThree WitnessesdisagreementsMurderProof, As EvidenceRightsWitnesses, LegalOnly One PersonNot AloneTwo Or ThreeGuiltWitnessingBeing Singletestimonytestifyingaccusations

“Order the priests carrying the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan.”

Verse ConceptsPriests In Action

Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him and gave him the Testimony [a copy of the Mosaic Law]; and they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “Long live the king!”

Verse ConceptsClappingCrowns, Worn ByHead coveringHeraldHigh Priest, In OtAnointing, Performed OnCoronationsApplauseAnointing KingsMaking Kings

Then they brought out the king’s son and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony [a copy of the Mosaic Law] and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said, “Long live the king!”

Verse ConceptsHead coveringVoicesCoronations

So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax for the tent of the testimony which was authorized by Moses, the servant of the Lord and the servant of the assembly of Israel?”

Verse ConceptsChief priestsMoses, Significance OfTax Collectors

“Have you not asked those who travel this way,And do you not recognize their witness?

Verse ConceptsTravellers

For He established a testimony (a specific precept) in JacobAnd appointed a law in Israel,Which He commanded our fathersThat they should teach to their children [the great facts of God’s transactions with Israel],

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofdiscipline, in the familyJacob, The PatriarchThe Witness Of GodThe Law Given By GodOld Testament Claims InspirationTeaching ChildrenTraining Children

He established it for a testimony in JosephWhen He went throughout the land of Egypt.I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying,

Verse ConceptsLanguagesLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureNot Knowing People

According to Your steadfast love refresh me and give me life,So that I may keep and obey the testimony of Your mouth.

Verse ConceptsLovingkindnessRevivingWanting To Keep The Commandmentsrevivalpreservation

To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord,[As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel,To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

“If your children will keep My covenantAnd My testimony which I will teach them,Their children also shall sit upon your throne forever.”

Verse ConceptsChrist Reigning ForeverThe Dynasty Of David

Bind up the testimony, seal the law and the teaching among my (Isaiah’s) disciples.

Verse ConceptsSealing The Message

[Direct those people] to the law and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Verse ConceptsFalse ProphetsStudyOvertaken By DarknessExcellent LawLighttestimony

“Therefore [you of the godly remnant of Judah, patiently] wait for Me,” declares the Lord,“[Wait] for the day when I rise up as a witness [against the nations].For it is My decision and My right to gather the nations,To assemble kingdoms,To pour out on them My indignation,All [the heat of] My burning anger;For [in that day] all the earth shall be consumedBy the fire of My zeal.

Verse ConceptsArmageddonDay of the LORDGod, As JudgeGod's IndignationGod, Zeal OfJealousyKingdomsWaitingApocalypseGathering Other NationsDestruction Of The WorldFire Of God's AngerThe Witness Of GodGod Angry With The Nations

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