Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

Blood-Stained Trees According to author H. Clay Trumbull in his book The Blood Covenant , in various parts of the East a tree was used in the rite of forging a blood covenant. Among some nations, planting a tree was a symbol of the covenant. In ancient Timor, a young fig tree bore a portion of the blood of the covenant. In both instances, the tree was a visible and continually growing sign of the covenant. Trumbull points out that the covenant Abraham made with a neighboring tribal leader named Abimelech involved trees. “Then Abram . . . dwelt in the plain of Mamre” (Gen. 13:18, KJV). In Hebrew the word ‘elown is the root word translated as “plain” in the English Bible but means “oak.” There were three men in this covenant, with Abraham being the fourth (Gen. 14:13).8 The olive tree, fig tree, mustard tree, and pomegranate tree are common trees in Israel and are mentioned throughout Scripture. The oak, however, is mentioned in numerous passages involving unusual settings. Rebekah’s nurse was buried under an oak (Gen. 35:8). In Shechem, Joshua wrote God’s Word on a stone, erecting the memorial under an oak tree (Josh. 24:26). Gideon fed an angel of the Lord under an oak tree in an area called Ophrah (Judg. 6:11–19). A “man of God” was found sitting under an oak (1 Kings 13:14), and the bones of Saul and his sons were buried under an oak (1 Chron. 10:12). Israel had made a covenant with the men of Jabesh in a time of war (1 Sam. 11). Oak trees served as the token or public sign of the covenant that had been made between Israel and the men