The Covenant Confirmed

Exodus 24

1 Then he said to Moses, "Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, u Nadab, and Abihu, and v seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. 2 Moses w alone shall come near to the Lord, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him."

3 Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and x all the rules. 1 And all the people answered with one voice and said, y "All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do." 4 And z Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve a pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord. 6 And b Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, x "All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient." 8 c And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words."

9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and d seventy of the elders of Israel e went up, 10 and they f saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of g sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. 11 And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and h ate and drank.

12 The Lord said to Moses, i "Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the j tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction." 13 So Moses rose with his assistant k Joshua, and Moses went up l into the mountain of God. 14 And he said to the elders, "Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and m Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them."

15 Then Moses went up on the mountain, and n the cloud covered the mountain. 16 o The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a p devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. 18 Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses q was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 28:1
    Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests - Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
    Exodus 6:23
    Aaron took as his wife Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 11:16
    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 24:13
    So Moses rose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up into the mountain of God.
    Exodus 24:15
    Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
    Exodus 24:18
    Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 21:1
    Now these are the rules that you shall set before them.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 19:8
    All the people answered together and said, "All that the Lord has spoken we will do." And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.
    Deuteronomy 5:27
    Go near and hear all that the Lord our God will say and speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you, and we will hear and do it.
  6. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:9
    Then Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 28:18
    So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.
    Genesis 31:45
    So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
    Exodus 23:24
    You shall not bow down to their gods nor serve them, nor do as they do, but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their pillars in pieces.
  8. Cross References
    Hebrews 9:18 - 19
    Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 24:3
    Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do.
  10. Cross References
    Hebrews 9:19 - 20
    For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people.
    Hebrews 13:20
    Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant.
    1 Peter 1:2
    According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
  11. Cross References
    Numbers 11:16
    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 24:1
    Then he said to Moses, "Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 32:30
    So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, s...
    Judges 13:22
    And Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely d...
    Isaiah 6:1
    In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lor...
    Isaiah 6:5
    And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am...
    Exodus 33:20
    But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for man...
    Exodus 33:23
    Then I will take away my hand, and you shall se...
    John 1:18
    No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is ...
    1 Timothy 6:16
    Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unappr...
    1 John 4:12
    No one has ever seen God; if we love one anothe...
    1 John 4:20
    If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his bro...
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:26
    And above the expanse over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with a human appearance.
    Ezekiel 10:1
    Then I looked, and behold, on the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something like a sapphire, in appearance like a throne.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 18:12
    And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God; and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
    Genesis 31:54
    And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the hill country and called his kinsmen to eat bread. They ate bread and spent the night in the hill country.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 24:2
    Moses alone shall come near to the Lord, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.
    Exodus 24:15
    Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
    Exodus 24:18
    Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 31:18
    And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
    Exodus 32:15 - 16
    Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written.
    Deuteronomy 5:22
    These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and he added no more. And he wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
  18. Cross References
    Exodus 33:11
    Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
    Exodus 17:9 - 10
    So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 3:1
    Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 17:10
    So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
    Exodus 17:12
    But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
    Exodus 31:2
    See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 19:9
    And the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." When Moses told the words of the people to the Lord.
    Exodus 19:16
    On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
    Matthew 17:5
    He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 16:10
    And as soon as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.
    Leviticus 9:23
    And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.
    Numbers 14:10
    Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.
    Numbers 16:42
    And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting. And behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 3:2
    And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.
    Exodus 19:18
    Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.
    Deuteronomy 4:36
    Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
    Hebrews 12:18
    For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest
    Hebrews 12:29
    For our God is a consuming fire.
  24. Cross References
    Exodus 34:28
    So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights. He neither ate bread nor drank water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
    Deuteronomy 9:9
    When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.
    Deuteronomy 9:18
    Then I lay prostrate before the Lord as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger.
    Deuteronomy 9:25
    So I lay prostrate before the Lord for these forty days and forty nights, because the Lord had said he would destroy you.
    Deuteronomy 10:10
    I myself stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights, and the Lord listened to me that time also. The Lord was unwilling to destroy you.
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