VIII. Covenant Cut (6th Step)

The right hands of both participants (or some other part of the body) are cut, the right hands are bound together (so that their blood is mingled together), and raised, and swearing by the blood of both families or tribes is made, followed by the statement, "I will never leave you or forsake you, so help me G-d." (Note the similarity to the raised hand when swearing in for court testimony). The cut is then treated so that it won't infect, but mostly so that a scar will well up, never to go away (a symbol, token, or sign of the covenant, born in the flesh).

A. Marriage

B. Torah

The circumcision of the Abrahamic covenant:

This {is} My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised; and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. (Gen 17:10,11)

C. B'rit HaChadashah

D. The Mashiach, Himself

Y'Shua still bears the marks of crucifixion (Could these be covenant scars?):

The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the L-rd." So he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe." And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Y'Shua came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, ", Shalom aleichem! (Peace be to you)" Then He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand {here,} and put {it} into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing." (Jn 20:25-27)