Oaths
Oaths
The lawful purpose of, explained - Heb 6:16
Antiquity of - Ge 14:22; 24:3,8
USED FOR
Judicial from of administering - 1Ki 22:16; Mt 26:63
Often accompanied by raising up the hand - Ge 14:22; Da 12:7; Re 10:5,6
Often accompanied by placing the hand under the thigh of the person sworn to - Ge 24:2,9; 47:29
To be taken in fear and reverence - Ec 9:2
THE JEWS
- Forbidden to take, in name of idols
- Jos 23:7 - Forbidden to take in the name of any created thing
- Mt 5:34-36; Jas 5:12 - Forbidden to take false
- Le 6:3; Zec 8:17 - Forbidden to take rash, or unholy
- Le 5:4 - To use God's name alone in
- De 6:13; 10:20; Isa 65:16 - To take, in truth, judgment, &c
- Jer 4:2 - Generally respected the obligation of
- Jos 9:19,20; 2Sa 21:7; Ps 15:4; Mt 14:9 - Fell into many errors respecting
- Mt 23:16-22 - Often guilty of rashly taking
- Jud 21:7; Mt 14:7; 26:72 - Often guilty of falsely taking
- Le 6:3; Jer 5:2; 7:9 - Condemned for false
- Zec 5:4; Mal 3:5 - Condemned for profane
- Jer 23:10; Ho 4:2
INSTANCES OF RASH, &c
Custom of swearing by the life of the king - Ge 42:15,16
EXPRESSIONS USED AS
- By the fear of Isaac
- Ge 31:53 - As the Lord liveth
- Jud 8:19; Ru 3:13 - The Lord do so to me, and more also
- Ru 1:17 - God do so to thee, and more also
- 1Sa 3:17 - By the Lord
- 2Sa 19:7; 1Ki 2:42 - God do so to thee and more also
- 1Sa 3:17 - Before God I lie not
- Ga 1:20 - I call God for a record
- 2Co 1:23 - God is witness
- 1Th 2:5 - I charge you by the Lord
- 1Th 5:27 - As thy soul liveth
- 1Sa 1:26; 25:26
God used, to show the immutability of his counsel - Ge 22:16; Nu 14:28; 6:17
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