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Exodus 24:8
8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has made with you concerning all these words.
Exodus 24:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)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.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.”
Context of Exodus 24:8
6And Moses took half the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7And he took the book of the covenant, and read [it] in the ears of the people; and they said, All that Jehovah has said will we do, and obey! And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has made with you concerning all these words. 9And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up; 10and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were work of transparent sapphire, and as it were the form of heaven for clearness.
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וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת־הַדָּ֔ם וַיִּזְרֹ֖ק עַל־הָעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֤ה דַֽם־הַבְּרִית֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר כָּרַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם עַ֥ל כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Exodus 24:8
- Exodus 24:6And Moses took half the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
- Leviticus 8:30And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood that was on the altar, and sprinkled [it] on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him; and hallowed Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
- Isaiah 52:15— so shall he astonish many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for what had not been told them shall they see, and what they had not heard shall they consider.
- Ezekiel 36:24And I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
- Hebrews 9:18Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.
- Zechariah 9:11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant, I will send forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
- Matthew 26:28For this is my blood, that of the [new] covenant, that shed for many for remission of sins.
- Mark 14:24And he said to them, This is my blood, that of the [new] covenant, that shed for many.
- Luke 22:20In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup [is] the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
- 1 Corinthians 11:25In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye shall drink [it], in remembrance of me.
- Ephesians 1:7in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of offences, according to the riches of his grace;
- Hebrews 9:20saying, This [is] the blood of the covenant which God has enjoined to you.
- Hebrews 10:4For blood of bulls and goats [is] incapable of taking away sins.
- Hebrews 13:20But the God of peace, who brought again from among [the] dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, in [the power of the] blood of [the] eternal covenant,
- 1 Peter 1:2elect according to [the] foreknowledge of God [the] Father, by sanctification of [the] Spirit, unto [the] obedience and sprinkling of [the] blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
Commentaries on Exodus 24:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The blood which sealed the covenant was the blood of burnt offerings and peace offerings. The sin-offering Romans 3:20. Upon the people - Either upon the elders or those who stood foremost; or, upon the twelve pillars representing the Twelve tribes, as the first half had been cast upon the altar, which witnessed to the presence of Yahweh. The blood thus divided between the two parties to the covenant signified the sacramental union between the Lord and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8This is the blood of the covenant: Jesus repeated this phrase almost word for word at the Last Supper (Matthew 26:28). See also Hebrews 9:20.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people--probably on the twelve pillars, as representing the people (also the book, He 9:19), and the act was accompanied by a public proclamation of its import. It was setting their seal to the covenant (compare 1Co 11:25). It must have been a deeply impressive, as well as instructive scene, for it taught the Israelites that the covenant was made with them only through the sprinkling of blood--that the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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