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Exodus 24:8
8Then Moses used the blood in the bowls to splash on the people. He said, ‘This blood shows that you accept the covenant that the Lord has made with you. You agree to obey the rules of his covenant.’
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
6Moses took half of the blood of these animals and he put it into some bowls. He splashed the other half of the blood over the altar. 7Then he took the Book of God's Covenant and he read it to the people. They replied, ‘We will do everything that the Lord has told us. We will obey his commands.’ Then Moses used the blood in the bowls to splash on the people. He said, ‘This blood shows that you accept the covenant that the Lord has made with you. You agree to obey the rules of his covenant.’ 9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and the 70 Israelite leaders went up the mountain. 10They saw the God of Israel there. Under his feet was something like a jewel called sapphire. It was as bright as a clear blue sky.
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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
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- and sprinkledזָרַקzâraq · to scatterH2236
- on the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- of the covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
- which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- hath madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
- with you concerning all these wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
Cross-references for Exodus 24:8
- Exodus 24:6Moses took half of the blood of these animals and he put it into some bowls. He splashed the other half of the blood over the altar.
- Leviticus 8:30Moses took some of the oil and some of the blood from the altar. He shook them on Aaron and his sons. He also shook some of the blood and some of the oil on their clothes. He did that to make them holy.
- Isaiah 52:15But now, he will cause the people in many nations to be very surprised! Kings will have nothing to say when they see how great he is. They will see something new that nobody had told them about. They will understand new things that they had not heard about before.
- Ezekiel 36:24I will take you out from the nations and all the foreign countries where you have been living. I will bring you back to your own land.
- Hebrews 9:18So even God's first agreement with his people needed the blood of an animal. The agreement only had authority after a death.
- Zechariah 9:11But I made a promise to you. I made that promise true with blood. I will free your people that are in a prison, in deep dark holes without water.
- Matthew 26:28This is my blood that shows God's promise. When I die, my blood will pour out of my body. In that way God will forgive many people for the wrong things that they have done. That is the promise that God makes because of my death.
- Mark 14:24Jesus said to them, ‘This is my blood that shows God's promise. When I die, my blood will pour out of my body. In that way God will save many people. That is the promise that God makes because of my death.
- Luke 22:20After supper, Jesus took a cup of wine and did the same thing. He said to the disciples, ‘This cup shows the new promise that God makes because of my death. When I die, my blood will pour out of my body. I will do that for you.
- 1 Corinthians 11:25After they had eaten supper, Jesus took a cup of wine. He spoke to his disciples again. He said, ‘This cup shows my blood that will pour out when I die. God now makes a new agreement to save people because of my death. Whenever you drink from the cup in this way, do it to remember me.’
- Ephesians 1:7When Christ died as a sacrifice on the cross, he paid the price to make us free. Because of Christ's death on our behalf, God has forgiven our sins. God is so very kind that he has done all this for us!
- Hebrews 9:20When Moses did this, he said to the people, ‘This blood shows that God's agreement with you has authority.’
- Hebrews 10:4We know that the blood of bulls and of goats cannot remove the punishment for sins.
- Hebrews 13:20I pray that God will help you. He is the one who gives us peace in our minds. He caused our Lord Jesus Christ to become alive again after death. God forgives us because of the blood of Jesus' death on the cross. That is God's new agreement with his people that will be true for ever. Jesus is our great shepherd. He takes care of us like his sheep.
- 1 Peter 1:2God, the Father, already decided that you should be his people. God's Spirit has made you special people who would obey Jesus Christ. God chose you so that Jesus Christ's blood would make you really clean. I pray that God will help you and give you peace in your minds more and more.
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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