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Exodus 24:3-11
Excerpted from: The Appointed Weeks of Pentecost

If this is correct, then notice what took place on the next day—the feast day. The giving of the law comprises chapters 20—23. We will pick up the story in Exodus 24:

Verse 4 gives us a time marker. The giving of the law was on one day, and then Moses “rose early in the morning,” it says, built an altar, and ratified the covenant. Thus, the Feast of Weeks may not have been when the law was given, but when the covenant was made. It was made after 7 weeks of following God in the cloud, and of evaluation, which they didn’t exactly pass with flying colors.

But those 7 weeks were a perfect span of time that portended something momentous and, all things considered, incredibly merciful: A covenant with their Creator and Deliverer. And true to His word, Moses and the people worshipped God on the same mountain on which He originally met with Moses.

To top it off, the 70 elders saw God. It says that twice. They ate and drank in His presence. They had a feast—it was a feast day—and they saw the God of Israel. It was an incredible conclusion of the perfectly appointed weeks that came before. This was basically a wedding feast when Israel was married to God by making the covenant.

Exodus 24:1-8
Excerpted from: God's Sea of Glass (Part 2)

It is interesting that, four times in this context, "all these words" is mentioned. We see there the importance of the Word of God and how it impacts us. We have here a description of the marriage covenant of Israel to God. The people agree to live according to "all these words." They promised to live by the word of God.

Moses, Aaron and his sons, and seventy of the elders partake in what the peace offering (mentioned in verse 5) signifies: fellowship and spiritual union in the presence of God.

Exodus 24:1-8
Excerpted from: The Doctrine of Israel (Part Two): The Old Covenant

The covenant is here formally ratified and sealed with blood from burnt and peace offerings. Those burnt and peace offerings were saying that they were wholly in it and they were going to have a relationship with God.

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