Book of the Covenant

The customary designation given to the code of law in Exodus 20:22–23:33, but it may also have included the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:2–17).

Moses reads the Book of the Covenant to the Israelites

Exodus 24:7 See also Exodus 20:22–23:33 The Book of the Covenant is the oldest, extant codification of Israelite law, where human values are constantly elevated over material ones. It can be argued that each section of the code is a further exposition of one of the Ten Commandments, giving specific case laws.

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

Josiah reads the rediscovered Book of the Covenant to the people of Judah

2 Kings 23:2–3 parallel 2 Chronicles 34:30–31 See also 2 Kings 23:21 This reference to the Book of the Covenant applies either to all or part of the book of Deuteronomy, or to the entire Mosaic Law.

And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets— all the people small and great— and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD. So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.