Dear Peter,
The )oHeL MoW("D is called the SKHNH MARTURIOU in the LXX. See Ex 33.7.But this is a mistranslation based on a misunderstanding of MW(D. This word does not mean "witness" or "testimony", from the root (WD, but "congregation", from the root Y(D, as was recognised by BDB.
HH: Or tent of meeting (BDB).
The same confusion underlies the translation of ("DW.T as "testimony", also used with )OHEL for the Tabernacle, and especially in Psalms 19 and 119. This word is also derived from Y(D and refers to something appointed by God, rather than to a witness or testimony.
HH: Is this something new? BDB lists eduth, (DWT, under the root (WD, "bear witness."
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