covenants, but since the former follow the same legal pattern as the latter, and the latter have sacral assurances, it is better to seek the distinction in the purpose and the resultant nature of the covenants. When humans alone are concerned, the covenant is legally determined; when God is a participant, the legal notion is used to clarify a theological situation. We thus have a legal covenant on the one hand and a theological covenant on the other (although also with a legal aspect). The point