October 10, 2026 Saturday
Zechariah 11 and Deuteronomy 5
Def: covenant
Nf4) Tirb% (Tirb% B-RYT)—Covenant: A covenant is instituted through a sacrifice of a choice, fatted, animal which is cut into two and the parties of the covenant pass through the pieces. If one party fails to meet the agreements of the covenant then the other may do the same to them. (see Genesis 15:10,17 and Jeremiah 34:18-20) [freq. 284] |kjv: covenant, league, confederacy, confederate| {H1285}
H1285 בְּרִית briyth (ber-eeth’) n-f.
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh).
[from H1262 (in the sense of cutting (like H1254))]
KJV: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Root(s): H1262, H1254
H1254 בָּרָא bara’ (baw-raw’) v.
1. (absolutely) to create.
2. (qualified) to cut down (a wood).
3. to select, feed (as formative processes).
KJV: choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Zech 11:10-14 (KJV)
10And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.11And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.12And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.13And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.14Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
Deut 5:1-4 (KJV)
1And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.2The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.3The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.4The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
Deut 5:28-30 (KJV)
28And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!30Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.