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Exodus 24:5

in Exodus 24

Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto Jehovah.

KJV

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord.

This verse in Exodus 24

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
Young men of the children of Israel - See Exo 19:22; Exo 28:1; Lev 1:5. Burnt offerings ... peace offerings - The burnt offerings Lev. 1 figured the dedication of the nation to Yahweh, and the peace offerings Lev. 3 their communion with Yahweh and with each other.

This site's exposition

he sent young men of the children of Israel

on Exodus 24:5-6

Young men do the sacrificing because Israel has no priesthood yet, since the order for Aaron and his sons is given at chapter 29 and carried out at Leviticus 8. Burnt offerings and peace offerings are brought, the first given up whole and the second eaten, which is what makes the meal at verse 11 possible. Moses then divides the blood into two equal parts, half into basons and half sprinkled on the altar, so both parties to the covenant are marked with the same blood.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, which yet were designed to be expiatory. We are not concerned to enquire who these young men were that were employed in offering these sacrifices; for Moses was himself the priest, and what they did was purely as his servants, by his order and appointment.

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And he sent young men of the children Israel,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

young men--priests (Ex 19:22), probably the oldest sons of particular families, who acted under the direction of Moses. oxen--Other animals, though not mentioned, were offered in sacrifice (Heb 9:18-20).

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He sent young men - Stout, able, reputable young men, chosen out of the different tribes, for the purpose of killing, flaying, and offering the oxen mentioned here. Burnt-offerings - They generally consisted of sheep and goats, Lev 1:10. These were wholly consumed by fire. Peace-offerings - Bullocks or goats; see Heb 9:19. The blood of these was poured out before the Lord, and then the priests and people might feast on the flesh.

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֗חand he sent

    vaiyishlachH7971845 times

  • אֶֽת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • נַעֲרֵי֙[the] young men of

    naareiH5288239 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH11214930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH34782507 times

  • וַיַּֽעֲל֖וּand they offered up

    vaiyaaluH5927890 times

  • עֹלֹ֑תburnt offerings

    ʾolotH5930287 times

  • וַֽיִּזְבְּח֞וּand they sacrificed

    vaiyizbechuH2076134 times

  • זְבָחִ֧יםsacrifices

    zevachimH2077162 times

  • שְׁלָמִ֛יםpeace offerings

    shelamimH800287 times

  • לַיהוָ֖הto Yahweh

    layahwehH30686520 times

  • פָּרִֽים׃young bulls

    parimH6499132 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 18:12

    Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 12:7

      There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

    • Genesis 31:54

      Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.

    • Exodus 24:11

      But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

    • Leviticus 7:11–17

      Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:

    • Job 42:11

      All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And…

  • Through

    Exodus 19:22

    Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 13:9–11

      When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.

    • 1 Corinthians 11:30–32

      That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

    • Exodus 19:5

      Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

Where this verse is studied

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About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.