diff --git a/articles/swearoath.md b/articles/swearoath.md index 7ef7629..73d830d 100644 --- a/articles/swearoath.md +++ b/articles/swearoath.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ See: [Vow](../articles/vow.md) #### More Information About This Topic -In a court of law, a witness often makes an oath to promise that whatever the witness says will be the truth. Sometimes people do other physical actions to show they are making a serious oath. For example, they may lift one of their hands in the air or place one of their hands under another person’s thigh (see: Genesis 14:22-23; Genesis 24:9; Deuteronomy 32:40). +In a court of law, a witness often makes an oath to promise that whatever they say will be true. Sometimes people do other physical actions while speaking an oath to show they are making a serious oath. For example, they may lift one of their hands in the air or place one of their hands under another person’s thigh while speaking an oath (see: Genesis 14:22-23; Genesis 24:9; Deuteronomy 32:40). God also made oaths in which he made promises to his people (see: Genesis 8:21). God swore by himself or by his own name. He did this because there is nothing more perfect than God himself to use as the power of his oath (see: Genesis 22:15-18; Hebrews 6:13).