Exodus 24:7-8

7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey.”
8 Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

Exodus 24:7-8 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 4

  • 1. 2 Kings 23:2,21; Hebrews 9:19
  • 2. Exodus 19:8; Jeremiah 40:3; Jeremiah 42:6,21; Jeremiah 43:2
  • 3. Hebrews 9:19; 1 Peter 1:2
  • 4. Leviticus 26:3; Deuteronomy 5:2-3; Joshua 24:25; 2 Kings 11:17; Jeremiah 11:4,8; Jeremiah 31:32; Jeremiah 34:13; Zechariah 9:11; S Matthew 26:28; S Luke 22:20; Hebrews 9:20*; 1 Peter 1:2
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