COVENANTS BETWEEN TWO PARTIES:"And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and thee, and let us make a Covenant with thee." Gen 26:28;Dan 11:6.
DESIGNED FOR: "The Jonathan and David made a Covenant, because he loved him as his own." 1 Sam 18:3.
PROCURING ASSISTANCE IN WAR: 1 Kin 15:18,19.
MUTUAL PROTECTION: Gen 26:28,29;31:50-52.
ESTABLISHING PEACE: Josh 9:15,16.
PROMOTING COMMERCE: 1 Kin 5:6-11.
SELLING LAND: Gen 23:14-16.
CONDITIONS OF:
CLEARLY SPECIFIED: 1 Sam 11:1,2.
CONFORMED BY OATH: Gen 21:23,31;26:31.
WITNESSED: Gen 23L17,18;Ruth 4:9-11.
WRITTEN AND SEALED: Neh 9:38;10:1.
GOD OFTEN CALLED TO WITNESS: Gen 31:50,53.
WHEN CONFIRMED, UNALTERABLE: Gal 3:15.
MADE BY PASSING BETWEEN THE PIECES OF THE DIVIDED SACRIFICES: Gen 15:9-17;Jer 34:18,19.
SALT, A SIGN OF PERPETUITY: Num 18:19;2 Chr 13:5.
RATIFIED BY JOINING HANDS: Pro 11:21;Ezek 17:18.
FOLLOWED BY FEAST: Gen 26:30;31:54.
PRESENTS GIVEN AS TOKENS: Gen 21:27-30;1 Sam 18:3,4.
PILLARS RAISED IN TOKEN OF: Gen 31:45,46.
NAMES GIVEN TO PLACES WHERE MADE: Gen 21:31;31:47-49.
THE JEWS FORBIDDEN TO MAKE WITH OTHER NATIONS: Ex 23:32;Deut 7:2.
FREQUENTLY MADE WITH OTHER NATIONS: 1 Kin 5:12;2 Kin 17:4.
REGARDED AS SACRED: Josh 9:16-19;Ps 15:4.
CONDEMNED FOR MAKING WITH IDOLATROUS NATIONS: Is 30:2-5;Hos 12:1.
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CONTRACT OF MARRIAGE: Mal 2:14.
VIOLATED BY THE WICKED: Rom 1:31;2 Tim 3:3.
OF GOD'S PROMISES TO MAN: Gen 9:9; Eph 2:12.
OF THE UNITED DETERMINATION OF THE PEOPLE TO SERVE GOD: 2 Kin 11L17l2 Chr 15:12;Neh 10:29.
OF GOOD RESOLUTIONS: Job 31:1.
WITH DEATH AND HELL OF CARNAL SECURITY: Is 28:15,18.
WITH STONES AND BEASTS OF THE EARTH OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY: Job 5:23;Hos 2:18.
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DESIGNED FOR: "The Jonathan and David made a Covenant, because he loved him as his own." 1 Sam 18:3.
PROCURING ASSISTANCE IN WAR: 1 Kin 15:18,19.
MUTUAL PROTECTION: Gen 26:28,29;31:50-52.
ESTABLISHING PEACE: Josh 9:15,16.
PROMOTING COMMERCE: 1 Kin 5:6-11.
SELLING LAND: Gen 23:14-16.
CONDITIONS OF:
CLEARLY SPECIFIED: 1 Sam 11:1,2.
CONFORMED BY OATH: Gen 21:23,31;26:31.
WITNESSED: Gen 23L17,18;Ruth 4:9-11.
WRITTEN AND SEALED: Neh 9:38;10:1.
GOD OFTEN CALLED TO WITNESS: Gen 31:50,53.
WHEN CONFIRMED, UNALTERABLE: Gal 3:15.
MADE BY PASSING BETWEEN THE PIECES OF THE DIVIDED SACRIFICES: Gen 15:9-17;Jer 34:18,19.
SALT, A SIGN OF PERPETUITY: Num 18:19;2 Chr 13:5.
RATIFIED BY JOINING HANDS: Pro 11:21;Ezek 17:18.
FOLLOWED BY FEAST: Gen 26:30;31:54.
PRESENTS GIVEN AS TOKENS: Gen 21:27-30;1 Sam 18:3,4.
PILLARS RAISED IN TOKEN OF: Gen 31:45,46.
NAMES GIVEN TO PLACES WHERE MADE: Gen 21:31;31:47-49.
THE JEWS FORBIDDEN TO MAKE WITH OTHER NATIONS: Ex 23:32;Deut 7:2.
FREQUENTLY MADE WITH OTHER NATIONS: 1 Kin 5:12;2 Kin 17:4.
REGARDED AS SACRED: Josh 9:16-19;Ps 15:4.
CONDEMNED FOR MAKING WITH IDOLATROUS NATIONS: Is 30:2-5;Hos 12:1.
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CONTRACT OF MARRIAGE: Mal 2:14.
VIOLATED BY THE WICKED: Rom 1:31;2 Tim 3:3.
OF GOD'S PROMISES TO MAN: Gen 9:9; Eph 2:12.
OF THE UNITED DETERMINATION OF THE PEOPLE TO SERVE GOD: 2 Kin 11L17l2 Chr 15:12;Neh 10:29.
OF GOOD RESOLUTIONS: Job 31:1.
WITH DEATH AND HELL OF CARNAL SECURITY: Is 28:15,18.
WITH STONES AND BEASTS OF THE EARTH OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY: Job 5:23;Hos 2:18.
COURTESY OF DR. JOHN MACARTHUR'S STUDY BIBLE.