- a witness:
- "And Labanª said,ª° This¹ heapª [is] a witnessª between¹ me and thee this day.ª Therefore¹¹ was the nameª of it calledª° Galeed;ª" {Gen 31:48} + "This¹ heapª [be] witness,ª and [this] pillarª [be] witness,ª that¹ I¹ will not¹ pass overª°¹ this¹ heapª to¹ thee, and that¹ thou¹ shalt not¹ pass overª°¹ this¹ heapª and this¹ pillarª unto¹ me, for harm.ª" {Gen 31:52} + "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" {Gen 21:30} + "Now¹ therefore writeª°¹ ye this¹ songª for you, and teachª° it¹ the childrenª of Israel:ª putª° it in their mouths,ª that¹ this¹ songª may be¹ a witnessª for me against the childrenª of Israel.ª" {Deu 31:19} + "And it shall come to pass,¹ when¹ manyª evilsª and troublesª are befallenª° them, that this¹ songª shall testifyª° againstª them as a witness;ª for¹ it shall not¹ be forgottenª° out of the mouthsª¹ of their seed:ª for¹ I knowª°¹ their imaginationª which¹ they¹ go about,ª° even now,ª before¹ I have broughtª° them into¹ the landª which¹ I sware.ª°" {Deu 31:21} + "Takeª°¹ this¹ bookª of the law,ª and putª° it in the sideª¹ of the arkª of the covenantª of the LORDª your God,ª that it may be¹ there¹ for a witnessª against thee." {Deu 31:26} + "But¹ [that] it¹ [may be] a witnessª between¹ us, and you, and our generationsª afterª us, that we might doª°¹ the serviceª of the LORDª beforeª him with our burnt offerings,ª and with our sacrifices,ª and with our peace offerings;ª that your childrenª may not¹ sayª° to our childrenª in time to come,ª Ye have no¹ partª in the LORD.ª" {Jsh 22:27} + "So Joshuaª madeª° a covenantª with the peopleª that¹ day,ª and setª° them a statuteª and an ordinanceª in Shechem.ª ... And Joshuaª saidª° unto¹ all¹ the people,ª Behold,¹ this¹ stoneª shall be¹ a witnessª unto us; for¹ it¹ hath heardª°¹ all¹ the wordsª of the LORDª which¹ he spakeª° unto¹ us: it shall be¹ therefore a witnessª unto you, lest¹ ye denyª° your God.ª" {Jsh 24:25-27}; God can put a bridle into the mouth of wicked man to restrain their malice; and then, though they have no love for his people, they will pretend to it, and try to make a merit of necessity. Scott.
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