Exodus 24

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Dave Burnette's Commentary

Exodus Chapter 24

Written By: God through Inspiration

Penned By: Moses

Date Penned: (1450-1410 BC)

Overview: The Record of God's Deliverance of Israel (c 1-40)

Theme: Israel at Sinai (c 19-40)

Message: The People Promise to Obey (v 1-33)

Exodus 24 Commentary

(24:6-8) Sin and Forgiveness - To understand this unusual covenant ratification ceremony, we need to understand the Bible's view of sin and forgiveness. God is the sovereign Judge of the universe. He is also absolutely holy. As the holy Judge of all, he condemns sin and judges it worthy of death. In the Old Testament, God accepted the death of an animal as a substitute for the sinner. The animal's shed blood was proof that one life had been given for another. So on the one hand, blood symbolized the death of the animal, but on the other hand, it symbolized the life that was spared as a result. Of course, the death of the animal that brought forgiveness in the Old Testament was only a temporary provision, looking forward to the death of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 9:6-10:25). In the ceremony described here, Moses sprinkled half the blood from the sacrificed animals on the altar to show that the sinful people could once again approach God because something had died in their place. He sprinkled the other half of the blood on the people to show that the penalty for their sin had been paid and they could be reunited with God. Through this symbolic act, God's promises to Israel were reaffirmed, and lessons are taught to us about the sacrificial death (atonement) of Jesus Christ.

Dave Burnette's Life Application

There is Life in the Blood

Each day we walk through the Bible chapter by chapter making an application of our text to help us grow in the Lord. Many applications can be made from each day's text. Today we Continue in the book of Exodus with Chapter 24 and in today's text we see Judicial law handed down by God and His wrath and anger toward sin revealed in great detail. In today's text we see a ceremony described where Moses sprinkled half of the blood from the sacrificial animal on the alter to show that the simmer could once again approach God because something had died in his place. The other half of the blood he sprinkled on the people to show that the penalty for their sin has been paid and they could be reunited with God. Through this symbolic act God's promises to Israel were reaffirmed and lessons are taught to us about the future sacrificial death or atonement of Jesus Christ when he paid man's sacrificial death on the cross of Calvary. Simply put there is life in the Blood. In making application we should never forget the Blood. It is the Blood of Christ that makes me free. Some say don't preach about blood for it makes people queasy but once it has been applied to your sin you will proclaim the familiar hymn " There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel's veins, and sinners plunged beneath the flood loose all their guilty stains"...How about you? Have you experienced that blood of Christ applied towards your sins? If not cry out to the Lord today and as Him to apply that Blood and save your soul.

Exodus 24

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Exodus 24

¹And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.

²And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.

³And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

⁴And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

⁵And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.

⁶And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

⁷And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.

⁸And 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.

⁹Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:

¹⁰And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

¹¹And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

¹²And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

¹³And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

¹⁴And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.

¹⁵And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

¹⁶And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

¹⁷And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

¹⁸And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.

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