e.dut denotes the testimony associated with the tablets and sanctuary, and with commands kept as covenantal instruction.

The dominant use designates the testimony associated with the tablets, ark, and tent or tabernacle; a common plural use names testimonies kept, heeded, or not abandoned alongside commandments and statutes. A few singular clauses use it in royal or public settings.

1. Testimony associated with tablets and sanctuary · dominant

   The singular absolute form names what is placed in the ark in Exodus 25:16 and what Moses receives as two stone tablets in Exodus 31:18. It also identifies the ark and tabernacle in Exodus 40:20 and Numbers 9:15; in Numbers 7:89 the APB renders Moses hearing a voice from above the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony.

   Exodus 25:16Exodus 31:18Exodus 40:20Numbers 7:89Numbers 9:15Leviticus 24:3
2. Testimonies to be kept as instruction · common

   Plural construct forms occur with commandments, statutes, judgments, or instruction: 1 Kings 2:3 directs keeping them, while Jeremiah 44:23 describes not walking in them. In Psalm 119:31 the speaker clings to them, and Psalm 119:144 calls for understanding in connection with their enduring righteousness.

   1 Kings 2:32 Kings 23:3Jeremiah 44:23Nehemiah 9:34Psalm 119:31Psalm 119:144
3. Royal or public testimony · rare

   In 2 Kings 11:12, the singular form occurs in the action of putting the crown and the testimony upon the king's son. In Psalm 122:4, the APB renders the tribes' ascent as "a testimony for Israel" in the context of giving thanks to the LORD's name.

   2 Kings 11:122 Chronicles 23:11Psalm 122:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term as "testimony" or "testimonies," including phrases such as "ark of the testimony," "tablets of the testimony," and commands to keep testimonies. These English phrases show the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent in every occurrence.