![]() ![]() Achan and his family perished in the valley of Achor for his crime in concealing the" accursed thing "(see Joshua 6:17-19 Joshua 7:11, 23-26). (3) To conceal the truth when adjured was a crime meriting death. Caiaphas said to Jesus, "I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell me whether thou he the Christ, the Son of God" ( Matthew 26:63). Saul, pursuing the Philistines, "adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food until the evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies" ( 1 Samuel 14:24). (2) The Hebrew history furnishes notable examples of adjuration. Paul refers to this law when he says, "An oath for confirmation is the end of all strife" ( Hebrews 6:16). The adjuration in such a case is called the "oath of the Lord" (see Exodus 22:11). This is assumed in the words "And if a soul sin," etc. ![]() (1) The Hebrew law recognized a power of adjuration. Julius Bate translates the word ( אשׁם, asham) "guilt offering." Possibly the "sin offering" and the "burnt offering" may be here comprehended under the general expression, "trespass offering" (see verse 7). This was very much of the nature of the sin offering. ![]() And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of it if he do not utter it… ![]()
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