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 11:6DESIGNED FOR: "Then 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 23:17,18;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 3:15MADE 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;Deut7:2.FREQUENTLY MADE WITH OTHER NATIONS: 1 Kin 5:12;2 Kin 17:4REGARDED AS SACRED: Josh 9:16-19;Ps 15:4.CONDEMNED FOR MAKING WITH IDOLATROUS NATIONS: Isa 30:2-5; Hos 12:1ILLUSTRATIVE 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 11:17;2 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 MACARTUR'S STUDY BIBLE
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