translators of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek (the Septuagint) used of the covenant God made with Israel at Sinai (Exod 24); and similarly in Jeremiah 31:31ff, where God promises to make a new covenant with the house of Judah and Israel to replace the Sinai covenant. It is also the word used in Luke 22:20 where our Lord, on handing the cup to his disciples, says: ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood’ (RV). The same is true in Hebrews 8:6 where the new covenant is said to have been enacted,
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