EXODUS 22:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.”
The issue of the Lord's oath between them will decide who has taken the other's property. The other party is to accept the oath, and no restitution needs to be made. The oath — sworn before God — is the ultimate truthfulness mechanism in the covenant community. When no witnesses exist and no evidence can settle the matter, the integrity of the oath before God determines the outcome. Hebrews 6:16–17 says people swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument — God himself swore by the greatest, by himself. The oath in Exodus 22:11 is the covenantal truth-telling mechanism that human courts cannot substitute for; God sees what no witness sees.
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