- an oath:
- "And he said,ª° For¹ [these]¹ sevenª ewe lambsª shalt thou takeª° of my hand,ª¹ thatª they may be¹ a witnessª unto me, that¹ I have diggedª°¹ this¹ well.ª ... Wherefore¹¹ he calledª° that¹ placeª Beersheba;ª because¹ there¹ they swareª° both¹ of them.²" {Gen 21:30-31} + "The Godª of Abraham,ª and the Godª of Nahor,ª the Godª of their father,ª judgeª° betwixt¹ us. And Jacobª swareª° by the fearª of his fatherª Isaac.ª" {Gen 31:53} + "[Then] shall an oathª of the LORDª be¹ between¹ them both,ª that¹ he hath not¹ putª° his handª unto his neighbour'sª goods;ª and the ownerª of it shall acceptª° [thereof], and he shall not¹ make [it] good.ª°" {Exd 22:11} + "And Joshuaª madeª° peaceª with them, and made²°¹ a leagueª with them, to let them live:ª° and the princesª of the congregationª swareª° unto them. ... This¹ we will doª° to them; we will even let them live,ª°¹ lest¹ wrathª be¹ upon¹ us, because of¹ the oathª which¹ we swareª° unto them." {Jsh 9:15-20} + "And the kingª calledª° the Gibeonites,ª and saidª° unto¹ them; (now the Gibeonitesª [were] not¹ of the childrenª¹ of Israel,ª but¹¹ of the remnantª¹ of the Amorites;ª and the childrenª of Israelª had swornª° unto them: and Saulª soughtª° to slayª° them in his zealª° to the childrenª of Israelª and Judah.)ª" {2Sm 21:2} + "[As] I¹ live,ª saithª° the Lordª GOD,ª surely¹¹ in the placeª [where] the kingª [dwelleth] that made him king,ª°¹ whose¹¹ oathª he despised,ª° and whose¹¹ covenantª he brake,ª° [even] with¹ him in the midstª of Babylonª he shall die.ª° ... And I will spreadª° my netª upon¹ him, and he shall be takenª° in my snare,ª and I will bringª° him to Babylon,ª and will pleadª° with¹ him there¹ for his trespassª° that¹ he hath trespassed²¹ against me." {Ezk 17:16-20}
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