Exodus 24:8
Then Moses took the blood and let it come on the people, and said, This blood is the sign of the agreement which the Lord has made with you in these words.
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9Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the chiefs of Israel went up:
Cross References
Exodus 24:6And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins; draining out half of the blood over the altar.
Deuteronomy 5:2The Lord our God made an agreement with us in Horeb.
Isaiah 52:15So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.
Ezekiel 16:8Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.
Haggai 2:5The agreement which I made with you when you came out of Egypt, and my spirit, are with you still; have no fear.
Matthew 26:28Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 24:2-9
Israel's Acceptance of the Laws. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord , thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. 2 And Moses alone shall come near the Lord : but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord , and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath said will we do. 4 And Moses… Read the whole commentary →