Some see a link between the age of accountability and the covenant relationship between the nation of Israel and the LORD where no requirement was imposed on a male child to be included in the covenant other than circumcision, which was performed on the eighth day after his birth (Exodus 12:48–50; Leviticus 12:3).
Baadhi ya wengi uhuzisha umri wa uwajibikaji na agano la uhusiano kati ya taifa la Israeli na Bwana ambapo hakuna mahitaji yaliyohuzishwa juu ya mtoto wa kiume kuwa ndani ya agano lingine lolote lile zaidi ya tohara, ambayo alifanywa siku ya nane baada ya kuzaliwa kwake (Kutoka 12:48-5, Mambo ya Walawi 12:3).