OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 19:12

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12

“‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

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Verse 12. Profane. No greater indignity can be offered to God, than to solicit Him, as it were, to assist us in doing evil, by attesting falsehood. Philo.

EXPLANATION

LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.

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