3329. 'Swear to me, as if today; and he swore to him' means confirmation. This is clear from the meaning of 'swearing' as confirming, dealt with in 2842. And since it was a confirmation of what was so in the short term, the expression used is not 'today' but 'as if today', see 3325.
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