[203] Deut. vi. 13.

[204] Deut. x. 20.

[205] Jer. iv. 2.

[206] John xxi. 17.

[207] Mat. v. 34-37.

[208] Mat. xxiii. 18-22.

[209] מעז, a rad. עזז, firmus fuit. There is a striking connection between the import of this word, and that of אל,—that name of God, which literally means robur, strength, and from which comes אלה, an oath.

[210] Is. xxvii. 5.

[211] 1 Chron. xvi. 15.

[212] Jer. xi. 9-11.