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Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “We will do all that Yahweh has said, and be obedient.”
Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words.”
Exodus 24:6-8 sits inside this longer paragraph.
Moses wrote all Yahweh’s words, then rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Yahweh. Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “We will do all that Yahweh has said, and be obedient.”
Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words.”
Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “We will do all that Yahweh has said, and be obedient.”
Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words.”
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against the altar.
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: 'All that the LORD hath spoken will we do, and obey.'
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said: 'Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you in agreement with all these words.'
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv7–8 Or, the book of the Law.
Or, the book of the Law.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv6–8 Exo 24:6 And Moses took half of the blood,…
Exo 24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Ver. 6. Half of the blood.] Having mingled it first with water {Heb 9:19} See 1Jn 5:6, {See Trapp on "1Jn 5:6"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv6–8 Half of the blood of the beasts killed, which…
Half of the blood of the beasts killed, which for conveniency of sprinkling was mixed with a little water, Heb 9:19, whereby also Christ was most fitly represented, who came by water and blood, 1Jo 5:6.
Half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar, to signify, as well that God was appeased and atoned by this blood, as it represented the blood of Christ, as also that Christ was sanctified with his own blood, Heb 9:12.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv6–8 And Moses took half of the blood, and put…
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins,.... Half of the blood of the above sacrifices, this he put into basins, and set by, in order to sprinkle on the people:
and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar; the Targum of Onkelos adds, to atone for the people. But the altar here seems to represent the Lord, who was one of the parties covenanting, and therefore is sprinkled with blood as a ratification of the covenant on his part, and the promises of it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v6 1. The blood of the sacrifice which the people…
1. The blood of the sacrifice which the people offered was (part of it) sprinkled upon the altar, which signified the people's dedicating themselves to God, and his honour. In the blood of the sacrifices, all the Israelites were presented unto God as living sacrifices, Rom. xii, 1.
2. The blood of the sacrifice which God had owned and accepted was (the remainder of it) sprinkled, either upon the people themselves, or upon the pillars that represented them, which signified God's conferring his favour upon them, and all the fruits of that favour, and his giving them all the gifts they could desire from a God reconciled to them, and in covenant with them. This part of the ceremony was thus explained, Behold the blood of the covenant; see here how God sealed to you to be a God, and you seal to be to him a people; his promises to you, and yours to him, are yea and amen. Thus our Lord Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant (of whom Moses was a type) having offered up himself a sacrifice upon the cross, that his blood might be indeed the blood of the covenant, sprinkled it upon the altar in his intercession (Heb. ix, 12,) and sprinkles it upon his church by his word and ordinances, and the influences and operations of the Spirit of promise by whom we are sealed.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v7 Verse 7. The book of the covenant] The writing…
Verse 7. The book of the covenant] The writing containing the laws mentioned in the three preceding chapters. As this writing contained the agreement made between God and them, it was called the book of the covenant; but as no covenant was considered to be ratified and binding till a sacrifice had been offered on the occasion, hence the necessity of the sacrifices mentioned here.
Half of the blood being sprinkled on the ALTAR, and half of it sprinkled on the PEOPLE, showed that both GOD and THEY were mutually bound by this covenant. GOD was bound to the PEOPLE to support, defend, and save them; the PEOPLE were bound to GOD to fear, love, and serve him. On the ancient method of making covenants, See Clarke on Ge 6:18; and "Ge 15:18". Thus the blood of the new covenant was necessary to propitiate the throne of justice on the one hand, and to reconcile men to God on the other. On the nature and various kinds of the Jewish offerings, See Clarke on Le 7:1, &c.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v6 Exodus 24:6. 1st, The blood of the sacrifice which…
Exodus 24:6. 1st, The blood of the sacrifice which the people offered, was (part of it) sprinkled upon the altar — Which signified the people’s dedicating themselves to God, and his honour. In the blood of the sacrifices, all the Israelites were presented unto God as living sacrifices, Rom 12:1. 2d, The blood of the sacrifice which God owned and accepted was (the remainder of it) sprinkled, either upon the people themselves, or upon the pillars that represented them, which signified God’s conferring his favour upon them, and all the fruits of that favour, and his giving them all the gifts they could desire from a God reconciled to them, and in covenant with them. Thus our Lord Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant, (of whom Moses was a type,) having offered up himself a sacrifice upon the cross, that his blood might be indeed the blood of the covenant, sprinkles it upon the altar in his intercession, (Heb 9:12,) and sprinkles it upon his church by his word and ordinance, and operations of the Spirit of promise, by whom we are sealed to be to him a people.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv6–8 He sprinkled - Rather, he cast. See Lev 1:5.
He sprinkled - Rather, he cast. See Lev 1:5.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v8 Covenant. Thus Christ confirmed the new covenant, by the…
Covenant. Thus Christ confirmed the new covenant, by the effusion of his blood. (Tirinus) --- This is daily renewed upon our altars for ever. (Calmet) --- Our Saviour alludes to this transaction in the consecration of the chalice. (Du Hamel) --- If wine alone had been substituted instead of blood, the figure would have surpassed the reality. (Isichius.) (Worthington)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv6, 8 Moses took half of the blood . . .…
Moses took half of the blood . . . sprinkled--Preliminary to this was the public reading of the law and the renewed acceptance of the terms by the people; then the sprinkling of the blood was the sign of solemn ratification--half on each party in the transaction.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv6–7 6. Half of the blood… in basins, and half……
6. Half of the blood… in basins, and half… on the altar — As the same drops of blood could not be sprinkled both on the altar and on the people, the whole was divided into two parts, part for the altar and part for the people, and yet the two portions were regarded as one blood, serving to seal this holy covenant between Jehovah and his people. The blood which was sprinkled on the altar symbolized the life of Israel consecrated to Jehovah; that in basins, which was “sprinkled on the people,” (Exo_24:8,) served to intensify in them the solemn conviction that they were set apart to be a holy nation. It was the seal of union with God, a covenant of blood.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv6–8 6. Half of the blood was thrown against the…
6. Half of the blood was thrown against the altar; the other half (v. 8) was thrown over the people. Covenants were ratified in different ways: sometimes, for instance, the contracting parties were held to be bound by eating salt together (cf. Lev_2:13, Num_18:19, 2Ch_13:5), sometimes by partaking together in a sacrificial meal (Gen_31:54; cf. v. 11 here), in Genesis 15, Jer_34:18 f., by passing between the divided pieces of slaughtered animals; and especially by the use, still prevalent in many parts of the world, of blood, as by each of the parties tasting the other’s blood, or smearing himself with it, or letting it be mingled with his own, &c., or by both jointly dipping their hands in the blood of a slaughtered animal, &c. (cf. Hdt. iii. 8, iv. 70, Aesch. Theb. 43–48, Xen. Anab. ii. 2. 9: see very fully Trumbull, The Blood Covenant, 1885, pp. 4–65). So analogously here: Jehovah and the people are symbolically joined together by the sacrificial blood being thrown over the altar (representing Jehovah) and the people; and thus the ‘covenant,’ or agreement, between them is ratified (cf. Psa_50:5).
basons] Heb. ’aggânôth, elsewhere only Isa_22:24, Son_7:3. Not the technical priestly term (mizrâḳ) used in Exo_27:3.
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sprinkled] tossed (or threw): see on Exo_29:16. So v. 8.
on] or against,—at least, if the later sense of the expression (see on Exo_29:16) may be here presupposed.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv6–8 (6) Put it in basons.—Reserving it for the purpose…
(6) Put it in basons.—Reserving it for the purpose stated in Exo_24:8.
Half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.—This was the most essential part of every sacrifice—the act by which the victim, the representative of the offerer, was made over and delivered up to God. Usually all the blood was thus devoted; here there was need of some for another purpose.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv6–8 Moses took half of the blood. The blood, which…
Moses took half of the blood. The blood, which symbolised the life of the victim, was the essential part of every sacrifice, and was usually poured over the altar, or at any rate sprinkled upon it, as the very crowning act of offering. (see Lev_1:5 Lev_3:8; etc.) On this occasion Moses retained half of the blood, and put it in basins, for the purpose of so uniting all the people in the sacrifice, and thereby the more solemnly pledging them to the covenant, which the sacrifice at once consecrated and consummated. (see Heb_9:18-20) The other half of the blood was, according to the usual practice, sprinkled upon the altar.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v7 We will be obedient
We will be obedient
This can be stated in active form. AT: "We will obey everything" (See: Active or Passive)
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Then Moses took the blood
This refers to the blood that Moses had put into the bowls. This can be stated clearly. AT: "Then Moses took the blood that was in the bowls" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv6–8 24:6 When Moses splattered half of the blood of…
24:6 When Moses splattered half of the blood of the sacrificial animals against the altar, he symbolized God’s formal oath to keep the covenant (see Gen 15:9-18; Heb 6:13).
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