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Text -- Exodus 24:5-18 (NET)
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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 .
24:17 Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people .
24:18 Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain , and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
SEPTUAGINT, 1 |
ETHICS, III |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 |
Revelation |
COVENANT, THE NEW |
MOSES |
ANCIENTS |
Sinai |
Purification |
Aaron |
Blood |
Law |
LAW, JUDICIAL |
GENESIS, 1-2 |
Cloud |
GLORY |
SACRIFICE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 1 |
Miracles |
Vision |
COVENANT, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
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NET Notes -> 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; Exo 24:17; Exo 24:18; Exo 24:18
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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