Midvash

עֵדוּתʻêdûwth

testimony

Pronunciation: ay-dooth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5715

Meanings

1. testimony, of the Ten Words on the tables as a solemn divine charge (Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15; Exodus 34:29)

2. the code of law in general (late), as a testimony of God (Psalms 19:8; Psalms 119:88; Psalms 122:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 61 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 16:34 Aaron did just as the Lord had commanded Moses. He eventually placed it in the Ark of the Covenant—in front of the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.
  • Exodus 25:16 When the Ark is finished, place inside it the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you.
  • Exodus 25:21 Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark.
  • Exodus 25:22 I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant. From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel.
  • Exodus 26:33 Hang the inner curtain from clasps, and put the Ark of the Covenant in the room behind it. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
  • Exodus 26:34 “Then put the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—on top of the Ark of the Covenant inside the Most Holy Place.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).