Exodus 24:6

And Mosheh took half of the blood and set it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled upon the altar.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

In Context

5And he sent the firstborn sons of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed oxen (as) consecrated victims before the Lord.

7And he took the Book of the Covenant, and read before the people; and they said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do and obey.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:7And they shall take of the blood, and apply it upon the two posts and upon the lintel of the houses in which they eat him.

Exodus 24:8And Mosheh took the blood and sprinkled it upon the altar to propitiate for the people, and said, Behold the Blood of the Covenant which the Lord hath ratified with you upon all these words.

Exodus 29:20And thou shalt kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it on the tip of Aharon’s ear, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the toe of their right foot; and thou shalt sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

Leviticus 1:11And he shall sacrifice him at the north side of the altar before the Lord; and the priests the sons of Aharon shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 3:8and lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and slay it before the tabernacle of ordinance; and the sons of Aharon shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about.

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 →

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