A covenant is a relationship initiated by God, to which a body of people responds in faith. The Old Covenant is the one given by God to the Hebrew people. God promised that they would be his people to bring all the nations of the world to him. God required the chosen people to be faithful; to love justice, to do mercy, and to walk humbly with their God. The covenant with the Hebrew people is to be found in the books which we call the Old Testament. God’s will for us is shown most clearly in the Ten Commandments.