Hebrews 6:16 Cross References

Hebrews 6:16

16: When people take an oath, they call on someone greater than themselves to hold them to it. And without any question that oath is binding.

The neighbor must then take an oath of innocence in the presence of the LORD. The owner must accept the neighbor's word, and no payment will be required.

Abraham replied, "They are my gift to you as a public confirmation that I dug this well."
So ever since, that place has been known as Beersheba--"well of the oath"--because that was where they had sworn an oath.

"Swear to me in God's name that you won't deceive me, my children, or my grandchildren. I have been loyal to you, so now swear that you will be loyal to me and to this country in which you are living."

For example, there was God's promise to Abraham. Since there was no one greater to swear by, God took an oath in his own name, saying:

Abram replied, "I have solemnly promised the LORD, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

I call on the God of our ancestors--the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of my grandfather Nahor--to punish either one of us who harms the other." So Jacob took an oath before the awesome God of his father, Isaac, to respect the boundary line.

No! For as surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, the king of Israel will die in Babylon, the land of the king who put him in power and whose treaty he despised and broke.
Pharaoh and all his mighty army will fail to help Israel when the king of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem again and destroys the lives of many.
For the king of Israel broke his treaty after swearing to obey; therefore, he will not escape.
"So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, I will punish him for breaking my covenant and despising the solemn oath he made in my name.
I will throw my net over him and capture him in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and deal with him there for this treason against me.

Then Joshua went ahead and signed a peace treaty with them, and the leaders of Israel ratified their agreement with a binding oath.
Three days later, the facts came out--these people of Gibeon lived nearby!
The Israelites set out at once to investigate and reached their towns in three days. The names of these towns were Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
But the Israelites did not attack the towns, for their leaders had made a vow to the LORD, the God of Israel. The people of Israel grumbled against their leaders because of the treaty.
But the leaders replied, "We have sworn an oath in the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel. We cannot touch them.

When you swear 'by the altar,' you are swearing by it and by everything on it.
And when you swear 'by the Temple,' you are swearing by it and by God, who lives in it.
And when you swear 'by heaven,' you are swearing by the throne of God and by God, who sits on the throne.

So King David summoned the Gibeonites. They were not part of Israel but were all that was left of the nation of the Amorites. Israel had sworn not to kill them, but Saul, in his zeal, had tried to wipe them out.

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