Hear my prayers, and the prayers your people Israel pray. Hear our prayers while we pray looking at this temple. Hear from where you live in heaven. And when you hear our prayers, forgive us.
2 Chronicles 6:22 - Easy To Read Version “A person might be accused of doing something wrong against another person. When that happens, the accused person will have to use your name to promise \{that he is innocent\}. When he comes to make the promise in front of your altar {\cf2\super [103]} in the temple, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a man sins against his neighbor, and he is required to take an oath, and the oath comes before Your altar in this house, American Standard Version (1901) If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before thine altar in this house; Common English Bible If someone wrongs another and must take a solemn pledge asserting his innocence before your altar in this temple, Catholic Public Domain Version If anyone will have sinned against his neighbor, and he arrives to swear against him, and to bind himself with a curse before the altar in this house, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man sin against his neighbour, and come to swear against him, and bind himself with a curse before the altar in this house: |
Hear my prayers, and the prayers your people Israel pray. Hear our prayers while we pray looking at this temple. Hear from where you live in heaven. And when you hear our prayers, forgive us.
then hear from heaven. Act, and judge your servants. Punish the bad person and make him suffer the same things he made other people suffer. Prove that the person that has done right is innocent.
That neighbor must explain that he did not steal the animal. If this is true, then the neighbor will promise to the Lord that he did not steal it. The owner of the animal must accept this promise. The neighbor does not have to pay the owner for the animal.
If I have more than I need, then I will think I don’t need you. But if I am poor then I might steal. Then I will bring shame to the name of God.
“A person might hear a warning. Or a person might see or hear something that he should tell to other people. If that person does not tell what he saw or heard, then that person is guilty of doing wrong.
And you say, ‘If any person uses the altar {\cf2\super [340]} to make a promise, that means nothing. But if any person uses the gift on the altar to make a promise, then he must keep his promise.’