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7 Then he atook the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has said we will do, and be obedient.”  
8 And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is athe blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.”  

On the Mountain with God

9 Then Moses went up, also Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
10 and they asaw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of bsapphire stone, and it was like the cvery heavens in its clarity.  
11 But on the nobles of the children of Israel He adid not lay His hand. So bthey saw God, and they cate and drank.  
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, a“Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you btablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.”  
13 So Moses arose with ahis assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.  
14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Indeed, Aaron and aHur are with you. If any man has a difficulty, let him go to them.”  
15 Then Moses went up into the mountain, and aa cloud covered the mountain.  
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What Does Exodus 24:9 Mean?



Exodus 24:9-11

God laid His hands on Egypt in divine judgment by sending plagues. When trying a blasphemer, each witness placed his hands upon the guilty person to signify his acceptance of the verdict. Conversely, when a victim was spared death—as when God commanded Abraham not to sacrifice Isaac or when He allowed the leaders of Israel to see Him without dying—mercy is described as hands not being laid on the spared victim.

Martin G. Collins
Basic Doctrines: The Laying On of Hands


 
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