As soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
"Swear unto me by Jehovah   ..." "The words here refer to an unwritten promised agreement, as distinguished from a written covenant,"[23] but it was of a kind that both parties accepted as absolutely valid and binding upon them both.