Exodus 24:8

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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then Moses took the blood from the basins and splattered it over the people, declaring, “Look, this blood confirms the covenant the Lord has made with you in giving you these instructions.”

Context of Exodus 24:8

6Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar. 7Then 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.” 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.” 9Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up 10and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky.

Exodus 24:8 word by word

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 and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar.
• Leviticus 8:30Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments and his sons and their garments.
• Isaiah 52:15so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.
• Ezekiel 36:24“ ‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.
• Hebrews 9:18This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
• Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.
• Matthew 26:28This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
• Mark 14:24“This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them.
• Luke 22:20In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
• 1 Corinthians 11:25In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
• Ephesians 1:7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
• Hebrews 9:20He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”
• Hebrews 10:4It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
• Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
• 1 Peter 1:2who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

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

Topics related to Exodus 24:8

• Atonement
• Blood
• Covenant
• Purification
• Quotations and Allusions
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Baptism, Christian
• Blood
• Clearness
• Noble
• Purification
• Tarry
• Covenant, Book of the
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Covenant, the New

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