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Taking Oaths
Since when and why people have had to raise their right hand for taking oaths of office?
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3 Swearing with uplifted hand
If any person to whom an oath is administered desires to swear with uplifted hand, in the form and manner in which an oath is usually administered in Scotland, he shall be permitted so to do, and the oath shall be administered to him in such form and manner without further question.
But raising the right hand is from The Holy Bible, Revelation 10:5 - 6, where the angel raised his right hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever
3 Swearing with uplifted hand
If any person to whom an oath is administered desires to swear with uplifted hand, in the form and manner in which an oath is usually administered in Scotland, he shall be permitted so to do, and the oath shall be administered to him in such form and manner without further question.
But raising the right hand is from The Holy Bible, Revelation 10:5 - 6, where the angel raised his right hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives forever
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