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The Covenant Code, or Book of the Covenant, is the name given by academics to a text appearing in the Torah, at Exodus 20:22–23:19; or, more strictly, the term Covenant Code may be applied to Exodus 21:1–22:16. [1] Biblically, the text is the second of the law codes said to have been given to Moses by God at Mount Sinai.
These have been differentiated as the "Small Covenant Code" (Exodus 34) and the "Large Covenant Code" (Exodus 20–23). [14] [15] [16] These views are not mutually exclusive. Aaron (2006), for example, discusses how the "Exodus 34 Decalogue", while presented as the Ten Commandments, appears to be a reworking of the Covenant Code.
The Mishnah identified four categories of guardians (shomrim): (1) an unpaid custodian (Exodus 22:6–8), (2) a borrower (Exodus 22:13–14a), (3) a paid custodian (Exodus 22:11), and (4) a renter (Exodus 22:14b). The Mishnah summarized the law when damage befell the property in question: An unpaid custodian must swear for everything and bears ...
Books of Covenant – two books in the canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Covenant Code – the name given by academics to a text appearing in the Torah at Exodus 21:2–23:33. Kitáb-i-'Ahd – written by Bahá'u'lláh, and part of the text of the Bahá'í Faith. The Book of the Covenant mentioned in the Book of Exodus 24:7.
Exodus 31:12–17 (verses 16 and 17 ... Leviticus 22:11–21 parallels ... implies that the date of the Holiness Code is between that of the Covenant Code, and that ...
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As part of the terms of this covenant, God gives Moses the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17); these are later embellished or elaborated on in the rest of the Torah. The blood of sacrificial oxen is thereafter sprinkled on the altar (Exodus 24:6) and on the people (Exodus 24:8) to seal the covenant.
The code is generally regarded to contain the following laws : Law of circumcision (Genesis 17) Laws concerning consumption of the Passover meal (Exodus 12:43-49) Laws concerning the keeping of the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14b-17 and 35:1-3) Law concerning the consumption of dead animals, fat, blood, and the portion due to the priest (Leviticus 7:22-38)