Covenant Code

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ancient Near Eastern law collection biblical law code legal text part of the Hebrew Bible part of the Torah

The Covenant Code is an early collection of ancient Israelite laws in the Hebrew Bible that outlines civil, ethical, and religious regulations for the community.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Covenant code 1
Law of the Covenant 1
Sinai covenant 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern law collection ⓘ
biblical law code ⓘ
legal text ⓘ
part of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
part of the Torah ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ
surface form: Book of the Covenant

Covenant Code ⓘ
surface form: Law of the Covenant
comparedWith Code of Hammurabi ⓘ
Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
surface form: Deuteronomic Code

Book of Leviticus ⓘ
surface form: Holiness Code
containsLawOn bribery and justice ⓘ
festivals of Unleavened Bread, Harvest, and Ingathering ⓘ
goring ox GENERATED ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
loan and interest practices ⓘ
pledges and collateral ⓘ
sorcery ⓘ
theft ⓘ
treatment of foreigners ⓘ
treatment of widows and orphans ⓘ
dateOfComposition Iron Age I–II (approximate scholarly estimate) ⓘ
followsInText Decalogue GENERATED ⓘ
foundInCanon Protestant Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Jewish Bible GENERATED ⓘ
hasLegalPrinciple lex talionis ⓘ
hasPart civil laws ⓘ
ethical laws ⓘ
religious laws ⓘ
hasTheme covenant loyalty ⓘ
cultic regulations ⓘ
family law ⓘ
festivals ⓘ
idolatry prohibitions ⓘ
judicial procedure ⓘ
property law ⓘ
protection of the vulnerable ⓘ
restitution ⓘ
sabbath observance ⓘ
sacrificial practices ⓘ
slavery regulations ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
violence and injury laws ⓘ
influencedBy ancient Near Eastern legal traditions ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
locatedInText Exodus 20:22–23:33 ⓘ
partOf Book of Exodus ⓘ
religion ancient Israelite religion ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Moses ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Covenant Code → alsoKnownAs → Covenant Code ⓘ
this entity surface form: Law of the Covenant
Priestly code → relatedConcept → Covenant Code ⓘ
this entity surface form: Covenant code
subject surface form: Shavuot
this entity surface form: Sinai covenant
Book of Exodus → significantLawSection → Covenant Code ⓘ