"So Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children's forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God,'" Joshua 14:9, NKJV. #SwornOaths
The practice of swearing to someone concerning a promise to act in one way or another, to perform a particular deed or as an oath in a business transaction is common in the holy scriptures; it many cases, a person's word acted as a legally binding contract which held over many years and sometimes, was a matter of life or death.
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