←Exodus 24→BSB

In This Chapter 11 people 2 places 42 terms 3 resources

People

Moses 23 Israel 15 Aaron 5 Abihu 4 Nadab 2 Joshua (Son of Nun) 2 Hur 2 Jacob (Patriarch) Jeshurun (Israel) Hoshea (Joshua) Jeshua (Joshua)

Places

    Key Terms

    Covenant 6 Glory (Presence of God) 6 Instruction 3 Burnt Offering 2 Peace Offering 2 Purity 2 Offering Gift (Tribute) Sin Offering Offering Made by Fire Offering (Contribution) Drink-Offering Guilt-Offering Sacrifice (Offering) Wave-Offering Voluntary Offering Gift (Offering) Dedication (Ceremony) Offer Sacrifice Sacrifice (Act) Sacrifice (Ritual) Whole Burnt Offering Offering (Special) Offering (Voluntary) Sin Offering (Guilt Removal) Slaughtering Covenant (NT) Covenant of Salt Pure Pure (State) Purity (Ceremonial) Pure (No Defect) Purification To Purify Pure (Sincere) Pure (Genuine) Purge Out Pure (No Evil) Glory (Splendor) Greatness Praise (Glorify) Praise (Respect)

    Resources

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    The Covenant Sealed

    ⓘ Israel agreed to the terms of the covenant...

    Israel agreed to the terms of the covenant (24:3), which was then ratified in several ceremonial activities. This included the formal writing and reading of the covenant (24:4, 7), the splattering of blood (24:6), a covenant meal (24:11), and the appearing of the glory of the Lord on the mountain (24:15–18).
    ⓘ Some commentators suggest that Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu,...

    Some commentators suggest that Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the elders made two trips up the mountain, here and in 24:9–11. However, this command was probably given in advance and obeyed at the proper time in 24:9.

    1Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance. 2Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”

    3When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

    4And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD.

    Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. 5Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

    6Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar. 7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

    8So Moses took the blood, splattered 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.”†

    9Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, 10and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. 11But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.

    Moses on the Mountain

    12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

    13So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God. 14And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”

    15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. 17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.

    18Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.