Appeals to God to attest the truth of an assertion in early use
(Gen. 21:23; 26:3; Heb. 6:16). Regulated in Ex. 20:7; Lev. 19:12. Forms: lifting hands (Gen. 14:22); placing hand under thigh (Gen. 24:2); before the altar (1 Kings 8:31); laying hand on the law.