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Text -- Exodus 24:1-16 (NET)
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The Lord Ratifies the Covenant
24:1 But to Moses the Lord said , “Come up to the Lord , you and Aaron , Nadab and Abihu , and seventy of the elders of Israel , and worship from a distance .
24:2 Moses alone may come near the Lord , but the others must not come near , nor may the people go up with him.”
24:3 Moses came and told the people all the Lord’s words and all the decisions . All the people answered together , “We are willing to do all the words that the Lord has said ,”
24:4 and Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord . Early in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve standing stones – according to the twelve tribes of Israel .
24:5 He sent young Israelite men , and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offerings to the Lord .
24:6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls , and half of the blood he splashed on the altar .
24:7 He took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people , and they said , “We are willing to do and obey all that the Lord has spoken .”
24:8 So Moses took the blood and splashed 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 .”
24:9 Moses and Aaron , Nadab and Abihu , and the seventy elders of Israel went up ,
24:10 and they saw the God of Israel . Under his feet there was something like a pavement made of sapphire , clear like the sky itself .
24:11 But he did not lay a hand on the leaders of the Israelites , so they saw God , and they ate and they drank .
24:12 The Lord said to Moses , “Come up to me to the mountain and remain there , and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written , so that you may teach them.”
24:13 So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant , and Moses went up the mountain of God .
24:14 He told the elders , “Wait for us in this place until we return to you. Here are Aaron and Hur with you. Whoever has any matters of dispute can approach them.”
24:15 Moses went up the mountain , and the cloud covered the mountain .
24:16 The glory of the Lord resided on Mount Sinai , and the cloud covered it for six days . On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
ETHICS, III |
SEPTUAGINT, 1 |
COVENANT, THE NEW |
Revelation |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 |
MOSES |
Aaron |
ANCIENTS |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
Purification |
Blood |
Sinai |
SACRIFICE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 1 |
LAW, JUDICIAL |
Nadab |
Law |
COVENANT, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Israel |
GLORY |
Government |
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NET Notes -> Exo 24:1; Exo 24:1; Exo 24:1; Exo 24:1; Exo 24:2; Exo 24:2; Exo 24:2; Exo 24:3; Exo 24:3; Exo 24:3; Exo 24:3; Exo 24:4; Exo 24:4; Exo 24:4; Exo 24:4; Exo 24:5; Exo 24:5; Exo 24:6; Exo 24:7; Exo 24:7; Exo 24:7; Exo 24:8; Exo 24:8; Exo 24:9; Exo 24:9; Exo 24:10; Exo 24:10; Exo 24:10; Exo 24:10; Exo 24:11; Exo 24:11; Exo 24:11; Exo 24:12; Exo 24:12; Exo 24:12; Exo 24:12; Exo 24:13; Exo 24:13; Exo 24:14; Exo 24:14; Exo 24:14; Exo 24:14; Exo 24:16; Exo 24:16
NET Notes: Exo 24:1 These seventy-four people were to go up the mountain to a certain point. Then they were to prostrate themselves and worship Yahweh as Moses went furth...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:2 Now the imperfect tense negated is used; here the prohibition would fit (“they will not come near”), or the obligatory (“they must n...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:3 The verb is the imperfect tense (נַעֲשֶׂה, na’aseh), although the form could be classified as a ...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:4 The thing numbered is found in the singular when the number is plural – “twelve standing-stone.” See GKC 433 §134.f. The “...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:5 The verbs and their respective accusatives are cognates. First, they offered up burnt offerings (see Lev 1), which is וַיּ...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:6 The people and Yahweh through this will be united by blood, for half was spattered on the altar and the other half spattered on/toward the people (v. ...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:7 A second verb is now added to the people’s response, and it is clearly an imperfect and not a cohortative, lending support for the choice of des...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:8 The construct relationship “the blood of the covenant” means “the blood by which the covenant is ratified” (S. R. Driver, Exod...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:9 This next section is extremely interesting, but difficult to interpret. For some of the literature, see: E. W. Nicholson, “The Interpretation of...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:10 Heb “and like the body of heaven for clearness.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may b...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:11 This is the covenant meal, the peace offering, that they are eating there on the mountain. To eat from the sacrifice meant that they were at peace wit...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:12 The last word of the verse is לְהוֹרֹתָם (lÿhorotam), the Hiphil infinitive construct...
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NET Notes: Exo 24:14 Attention to the preparation for Moses’ departure contributes to the weight of the guilt of the faithless Israelites (chap. 32) and of Aaron, to...
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