The Book of the Covenant is widely considered the earliest collection of biblical law, with origins going back to the period of the monarchy. However, scholars are divided on many questions, such as whether the Book of the Covenant comprises all of Exodus 20:22–24:1 or only discrete sections of this block; the degree of the Book of the Covenant’s literary unity; and the purpose of the original collection and its social and historical setting. This chapter provides an overview of the problems, and discusses directions for future research.
BOOK OF COVENANT PART 1
A covenant should be distinguished from a contract because it is a personal relationship which people voluntarily enter. The definition of ...
BOOK OF COVENANT PART 1
The Covenant Code, or Book of the Covenant, presented in chapters 20–23, immediately following the Decalogue (Ten Commandments), opens with a short passage on ritual ordinances, followed by social and civil law applying to specific situations (case law), including the treatment of slaves.
ALTARS, ANY EARTH WILL DO
An altar of earth you shall make for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I ...
ALTARS, ANY EARTH WILL DO
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”
Genesis 8:20-22
THE DARK PRESENCE OF GOD
Psalm 139:12 describes God's response to darkness: “Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.”
THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY
In the gospels, Jesus affirmed the commandment against adultery[17] and seemed to extend it, saying, "But I say to you, anyone who looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart."[18] He taught his audience that the outward act of adultery does not happen apart from sins of the heart
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL
She spoke to the Monitor about the Eighth Commandment – Thou shalt not steal (Exodus 20:15) – as part of our series on the Ten Commandments, which explores the ways in which these ancient religious principles continue to matter in modern life.
REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY
The full text of the commandment reads: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God.
GUIDANCE, SUSTAINED PASTORS, SUSTAINED PEOPLE
'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.'” Though Paul was persecuting the church, Christ suffered when the church suffered since he is the head ...