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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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I call heaven: A most solemn method of adjuration, in use among all the nations in the world; God and man being called upon to bear testimony to the truth of what was spoken, that if there was any flaw or insincerity it might be detected, and if any crime, it might not go unpunished. Such appeals to God shew at once the origin and use of oaths. Deu 30:18, Deu 30:19, Deu 31:28, Deu 32:1; Isa 1:2; Jer 2:12, Jer 6:19, Jer 22:29; Eze 36:4; Mic 1:2, Mic 6:2 ye shall: Deu 29:28; Lev 18:28, Lev 26:31-35; Jos 23:16; Isa 6:11, Isa 24:1-3; Jer 44:22; Eze 33:28; Luk 21:24 Deuteronomy 4:27
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