Exodus 24:6-8

6 1Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
7 Then he took 2the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, "3All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!"
8 So 4Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold 5the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words."

Exodus 24:6-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 24

In this chapter we have an account that Moses was ordered to come up to the Lord alone, Ex 24:1,2, but that before he did go up, he related to the people all the above laws delivered to him, which they promised obedience to, and so a covenant was made between God and the people by sacrifice, and by the sprinkling of blood, Ex 24:3-8, upon which he and Aaron, and his two sons and seventy elders of Israel, went up part of the mountain, and had a vision of God, Ex 24:9-11, when Moses with Joshua was called, and went up higher, until at length he entered into the cloud where the Lord was, and continued forty days and forty nights, Ex 24:12-18.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Hebrews 9:18
  • 2. Exodus 24:4; Hebrews 9:19
  • 3. Exodus 24:3
  • 4. Hebrews 9:19, 20
  • 5. Zechariah 9:11; Matthew 26:28; Mark 14:24; Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Hebrews 13:20

Footnotes 2

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