old covenant

noun

1. the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
2. (initial capital letter) the Old Testament.

Example Sentences

Under the old covenant one only saw the glory; now the beatific vision is open to all.

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This, doubtless, is the explanation of the blank antithesis of the old covenant and the new in the passage before us.

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Practically, the application is limited to those who live under the old covenant, and yet have its nature hidden from them.

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Now, the dispensation of the old covenant was one part of Gods design.

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The number of men who had been successively high-priests of the old covenant increased from age to age.

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