Biblical Hebrew Forum

[ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben and Jo Crick)]

On Thu 24 Oct 2002 (07:36:53), info AT valediction.com wrote:
> In the Bible, I've found only two possible references to such a
> procedure, Genesis 15:9-21 and Jeremiah 34:18-20.

 Dear Joe,
 
 The sacrificial animal was "cut" KaRaT into two pieces. Hence "to make a
 Covenant" is KaRaT B:RiYT.

 The Covenant sanction is "The LORD do so to me and more also if I fail to
 keep this Covenant" (Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 3:17; 2 Samuel 3:35, 19:13; 1 Kings
 2:23; 2 Kings 6:31). Even the Ba`alim and the 'Asheroth were invoked in a
 similar manner (1 Kings 19:2; 20:10).

 The Covenant Watchword is "What have I to do with thee" MaH LiY WaLaK - or
 "we have a covenant, you and I" (1 Kings 17:18; 2 Kings 3:13; 2 Chronicles
 35:21). It is also found in the New Testament in Mark 1:24, 5:7; Luke 4:34,
 8:28; and John 2:4.

 Ben
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