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covenant meal

2 connections across theological concepts

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covenant mealcovenant witness
Same Root

Covenant meals functioned as witnessing ceremonies — eating together sealed and witnessed the covenant, making witnesses and participants inseparable in ancient Near Eastern practice.

covenant mealcovenant
Same Root

The covenant meal (berit) ratifies the covenant (berit) — both derive from the cutting ceremony of ancient Near Eastern treaty-making.