Exodus 24:8
in Exodus 24So 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.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in Exodus 24
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The blood which sealed the covenant was the blood of burnt offerings and peace offerings. The sin-offering Lev. 4 had not yet been instituted. That more complicated view of human nature which gave to the sin-offering its meaning, had yet to be developed by the law, which was now only receiving its ratification. The covenant between Yahweh and His people therefore took precedence of the operation of the law, by which came the knowledge of sin. Rom 3:
This site's exposition
Then he took the Book of the Covenant
on Exodus 24:7-8
The book is read aloud before the blood touches anyone, so the people agree to terms they have heard in full. Moses then sprinkles them and says, “This is the blood of the covenant”. Jesus takes the same words for his own blood at Matthew 26:28.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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.
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And Moses took the blood,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֤ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַדָּ֔ם | hadam | the blood | H1818 → | 360 times |
| וַיִּזְרֹ֖ק | vaiyizrok | and he sprinkled [it] | H2236 → | 35 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָעָ֑ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הִנֵּ֤ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| דַֽם־ | dam- | [the] blood of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| הַבְּרִית֙ | haberit | the covenant | H1285 → | 284 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| כָּרַ֤ת | karat | he has made | H3772 → | 288 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עִמָּכֶ֔ם | ʾimakhem | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| עַ֥ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַדְּבָרִ֖ים | hadevarim | the words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
וַיִּקַּ֤חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
מֹשֶׁה֙Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַדָּ֔םthe blood
hadamH1818 →360 times
וַיִּזְרֹ֖קand he sprinkled [it]
vaiyizrokH2236 →35 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָעָ֑םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הִנֵּ֤הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
דַֽם־[the] blood of
dam-H1818 →360 times
הַבְּרִית֙the covenant
haberitH1285 →284 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
כָּרַ֤תhe has made
karatH3772 →288 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עִמָּכֶ֔םwith you
ʾimakhemH5973 →1050 times
עַ֥לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַדְּבָרִ֖יםthe words
hadevarimH1697 →1440 times
הָאֵֽלֶּה׃<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:22
let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 3:5
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- Jeremiah 33:8
And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
- 1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Titus 3:5–6
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Hebrews 10:22
Through
Matthew 26:28This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:4–14
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
- Hebrews 9:14–22
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement…
- Hebrews 10:4–14
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.