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Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
The blood which sealed the covenant was the blood of burnt offerings and peace offerings. The sin-offering (Leviticus 4:0) had not yet …
19th Century
Anglican
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it ... — Half of the blood had been sprinkled upon the altar, which symbolised Je…
Baptist
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses took the blood The other half of the blood which was in the basins:
and sprinkled it on…
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…
