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5 Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered aburnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord.  
6 And Moses atook half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar.  
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.  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Exodus 24:7.

Exodus 24:7-8

It certainly cannot be the same date that occurred three months earlier—when they came out of Egypt. I think that what he means is, exactly three months later they made it to the area of Sinai. The language has a similarity to it, and I think that one of the reasons for the similarity is that God wants to draw our attention to what is being done. And what is being done is God is entering into another covenant—this time with Abraham's descendants. The covenant then is proposed. Israel accepts. And in Exodus 24, the covenant is sealed by blood.

So, the covenant was now ratified by the blood of an animal.

Excerpted from The Night to be Much Observed

Exodus 24:1-8

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.

Excerpted from God's Sea of Glass (Part 2)

Exodus 24:1-8

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.

Excerpted from The Doctrine of Israel (Part Two): The Old Covenant



Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Exodus 24:7:

Exodus 23:25-31
Ecclesiastes 8:2
Hebrews 9:15-17


 
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