[[Maimonides]] says in [[Maimonides' Law of Noahides#Laws of Kings and their Wars, Chapter 8|Mishneh Torah, Melachim 8:11]] that "One who accepts these [basic laws] is called: [[Ger Toshav]] in every place, and he must be accepted in front of three judges"<ref>[[Maimonides' Law of Noahides#Laws of Kings and their Wars, and Chapter 8|Mishneh Torah, Melachim 8:12 11]]</ref>, and in the next verse says "Everyone who accepts the seven commandments and is careful to perform them – this person is of the ''[[Chasidei Umos HaOlam]]'', and he has a portion in the world to come. He accepts them and performs them because they were commanded by the ''[[Kodosh Baruch Hu]]'', [He believes that it was] revealed to us by the hand of Moshe Rabbenu that the ''[[Bnei Noah]]'' were previously commanded in these things. However, if he keeps these [laws] because of intellectual decision – he is not called a ''Ger Toshav'' and is not of the ''[[Chasidei Umos HaOlam]]'', and is he is [only] one of their [[Chochmei Umos HaOlam|wise men]]."<ref>[[Maimonides' Law of Noahides#Laws of Kings and their Wars, Chapter 8|Mishneh Torah, Melachim 8:12]]</ref>
The following are various opinions on the appearance of the Noahide in front of three judges, commonly – although usually incorrectly – called the '''Noahide Oath'''.