Covenant
God binding himself to a people by promise — Noah, Abraham, Sinai, David, and the new covenant.
Across the canon
- Genesis 9:9
“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
God's covenant with Noah, sealed by the rainbow.
- Genesis 15:18
In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
God cuts covenant with Abraham.
- Exodus 24:8
Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words.”
The covenant at Sinai, sealed with blood.
- 2 Samuel 7:12
When your days are fulfilled, and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up your offspring after you, who will proceed out of your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
The everlasting covenant with David's house.
- Jeremiah 31:31
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
The promise of a new covenant.
- Luke 22:20
Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
"This cup is the new covenant in my blood."