Quotes about Testimony

Walter Brueggemann calls these parts of the Bible Israel's "countertestimony" . . . This spot-on term to name the dark side of the Bible, and which calls into question Israel's main storyline, comes from Walter Brueggemann's Theology of the Old Testament: Testimony, Dispute, Advocacy.

He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.

This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.

And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.

And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.