עֵדוּת

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

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