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Exodus 24:8
So 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.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the assembled people of Israel immediately after they have heard the Book of the Covenant read aloud and pledged obedience (v.7). This is the ratification act.
The words — יִזְרֹק (yiz.Rok), from the root זרק (zarak, "to throw, scatter"), carries the physical force behind both the BSB's "splattered" and the KJV's "sprinkled."
The thread — Exodus 24:6 shows Moses dividing the blood: half on the altar, half on the people, binding both parties in the same substance. Hebrews 10:4 later declares that such blood, though covenantally significant, cannot remove sin.
Why it lands — The blood is applied to the people themselves, not merely to an object, which makes the pledge in verse 7 a matter of life and death rather than mere assent. The reader is asked to weigh what it means to be the object of a covenant sealed in blood.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 10:4 because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
- Exodus 24:6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.
- Ezekiel 36:25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Matthew 26:28 This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- 1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
- Hebrews 13:20 Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
- Mark 14:24 He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
- Hebrews 9:18 That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
- 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
- Zechariah 9:11 As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.