Of paramount importance to the narratives which comprise the Old Testament is the concept of “covenants.” The more one is able to identify the covenantal themes which run throughout the Old Testament, the better one will be able to reckon with the scriptural annals of Hebrew society and understand their bearing on the present. The Pentateuchal covenants are particularly significant within the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, with each resuming covenantal language and motifs in their own distinct structure. What is evident in these Old Testament accounts is the fact that the apparent absence of covenantal conformity is as informative as covenantal obeisance.