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A Two-Sided Union
Commentators explain that the blood was split between the altar (representing God) and the people (or their representatives). This powerful act symbolized a 'sacramental union,' visually sealing the covenant and showing that both God and Israel were bound together by the same sacrificial blood.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 24:8
18th Century
Theologian
The blood which sealed the covenant was the blood of burnt offerings and peace offerings. The sin-offering (Leviticus 4:0) had not yet …
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 24:8
19th Century
Bishop
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it ... — Half of the blood had been sprinkled upon the altar, which symbolised Je…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 24:3–8
19th Century
Preacher
There is a double power about the blood: towards God, an atonement (that is, the blood sprinkled on the altar); and towards ourselves, a sense of r…
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John Gill
On Exodus 24:8
17th Century
Pastor
And Moses took the blood
The other half of the blood which was in the basins:
and sprinkled it on…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 24:1–8
17th Century
Minister
A solemn covenant was made between God and Israel. Very solemn it was, typifying the covenant of grace between God and believers, through Christ. A…