Exodus 24:8 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 24:8

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.

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ASV

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah hath made with you concerning all these words.

WEB

So Moses 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.”

YLT

And Moses taketh the blood, and sprinkleth on the people, and saith, `Lo, the blood of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you, concerning all these things.'

DBT

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.

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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The CovenantsMosaic — ratification with blood.

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19 verses on the floor

Hebrews 10:4–5
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Exodus 24:6
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Ezekiel 36:25
Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Zechariah 9:11
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
Hebrews 9:20
Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

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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. He himself seemed to allude to this solemnity when, in the institution of the Lord's supper, he said, This cup is the New Testament (or covenant) in my blood.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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 divine acceptance of themselves and services, was only by virtue of an atoning sacrifice, and that even the blessings of the national covenant were promised and secured to them only through grace.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Typology Hebrews 9:20
Hebrews quotes 'the blood of the covenant' (Exod 24:8) verbatim as the shadow of Christ's covenant-inaugurating blood (Heb 9:18-20).
quote-explicit; explicit-nt
Covenant Thread Luke 22:20
'Blood of the covenant' (Sinai ratification) -> 'this cup is the new covenant in my blood' - Jesus at the Last Supper enacts the new covenant against the Mosaic (also Matt 26:28, 1 Cor 11:25). The exact phrase recurs.
quote-explicit. Hays: availability, volume, satisfaction
Typology Fulfillment Matthew 26:28
Covenant blood -> the cup: 'my blood of the covenant... unto remission of sins' (cf. Luke 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25).
Matt 26:28; echo of Exod 24:8
Covenant Enactment covenant mosaic
Mosaic covenant ratified in blood: 'Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you' (Exod 24:3-8).
text (Exod 24:8, PD)
Quotation Hebrews 9:20
'Behold the blood of the covenant' at Sinai -> Hebrews quotes it verbatim. Highest tier.
Heb 9:20 explicit citation of Exod 24:8

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Quoted in HEB 9:20
'This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you'

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H223635× in canon H1285284× in canon H3772288× in canon H1818360× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

EXO 24:8EZE 36:25 HEB 10:22
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EXO 24:8EZE 36:25 JHN 3:5
EXO 24:8EZE 36:25 JER 33:8
EXO 24:8MAT 26:28 HEB 10:4-14
EXO 24:8MAT 26:28 HEB 9:14-22
EXO 24:8EZE 36:25 1JN 1:7
EXO 24:8EZE 36:25 TIT 3:5-6
EXO 24:8MAT 26:28 LEV 17:11

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