עֵדוּת

1. testimony of the Ten Words on the tables as a solemn divine charge, ׳לֻחֹת הע 2 Mos 31,18; 2 Mos 32,15; 2 Mos 34,29 (P), ׳הע 2 Mos 25,16; 2 Mos 25,21; 2 Mos 40,20 (P); ark as containing tables, ׳אֲרוֺן הע 2 Mos 25,22; 2 Mos 26,33; 2 Mos 26,34; 2 Mos 30,6; 2 Mos 30,26; 2 Mos 39,35; 2 Mos 40,3; 2 Mos 40,5; 2 Mos 40,21; 4 Mos 4,5; 4 Mos 7,89 (all P), Jos 4,16 (J E; Kue הברית [against him Di], so Benn Steuern), ׳הארן לע 2 Mos 31,7 (P); abbreviated ׳לִפְנֵי הע 2 Mos 16,34; 2 Mos 30,36; 4 Mos 17,19; 4 Mos 17,25 (P); ׳עַל הע 2 Mos 27,21 (= ׳הע 3 Mos 24,3), 3 Mos 30,6; 3 Mos 16,13 (P); tabernacle as containing ark of testimony, ׳משׁכן הע tabernacle of the testimony 2 Mos 38,21; 4 Mos 1,50; 4 Mos 1,53 (twice in verse); 4 Mos 10,11 (P); so ׳אֹהֶל הע 4 Mos 9,15; 4 Mos 17,22; 4 Mos 17,23; 4 Mos 18,2 (P) 2 Kron 24,6.

2. the code of law in general (late), as a testimony of God: Sl 19,8; Sl 119,88; Sl 122,4 || תּוֺרָה Sl 78,5 || חֹק Sl 81,6. In titles, עַלֿ ׳שׁוּשַׁן ע Sl 60,1, ׳אֶלשֹֿׁשַׁנּ֑ים ע Sl 80,1 = melody whose first line compare law as testimony to a choice flower. Special laws of the code are denoted by plural; + חֻקּוֺת etc. 1 Kong 2,3; 2 Kong 23,3 = 2 Kron 34,31 (+ חקים etc.), Jer 44,23 חֻקִּים etc. 1 Kron 29,19 מִצְוֺת Neh 9,34 plural of contents of covenant 2 Kong 17,15 plural elsewhere Sl 119,14; Sl 119,31; Sl 119,36; Sl 119,99; Sl 119,111; Sl 119,129; Sl 119,144; Sl 119,157. See also III. [עֵדָה]. — For הָעֵדוּת 2 Kong 11,12 = 2 Kron 23,11 read probably הַצְּעָדוֺת (compare 2 Sam 1,10 We and others).