A Two-Sided Promise

“I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people.” – Leviticus 26:12 Covenants still exist today — in contracts, agreements, and treaties. But Bronze Age covenants ran far deeper, carrying profound spiritual weight. In the ancient Middle East, life was dangerous. Farming tribes grew crops and raised cattle, but that made them targets for raiders. Raiders, though, had a problem: raid too much and the farmers are gone — and so is the food. So tribes came together to form covenants. A warrior tribe and a farmer tribe, each with something the other needed, would join forces. They’d exchange jackets, sacrifice animals before their gods, and split the carcasses open — an offering of wealth, and the feast to follow. They would lay the carcasses out to form a path — and yes, this is a little grim, but it’s the Bronze Age —