Exodus 24:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 24:8

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.

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.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 24:8

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American Standard Version
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah hath made with you concerning all these words.

Amplified® Bible
And Moses took the [remaining half of the] blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.

Contemporary English Version
Moses took the blood from the bowls and sprinkled it on the people. Next, he told them, "With this blood the LORD makes his agreement with you."

Darby English Version
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled [it] on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has made with you concerning all these words.

Good News Bible
Then Moses took the blood in the bowls and threw it on the people. He said, "This is the blood that seals the covenant which the LORD made with you when he gave all these commands."

King James Version
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

New American Standard Bible
So Moses took the blood and sprinkled {it} on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words."

New International Version
Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words."

New King James Version
And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you according to all these words.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words."

Revised Standard Version
And Moses took the blood and threw it upon the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words."

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses taketh the blood, and sprinkleth on the people, and saith, `Lo, the blood of the covenant which Jehovah hath made with you, concerning all these things.'

New English Translation
So Moses took the blood and splashed it on¹ the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant² that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

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