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“If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house,
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Verse 31. Oath. In certain cases, an oath would clear a person. Exodus 22:11. Solomon prays that perjury may be disclosed.—Altar. It was customary to touch the altar, when a person took an oath, as Hannibal did. Kennicott. Latinus says;
Tango aras mediosque ignes et Numina testor—
Nulla dies pacem hanc Italis nec fœdera rumpet.—Æn. xii. 201.
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