Pentecost Season · Corpus Christi: The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ · Year B
Exodus 24:3-8
The Covenant Confirmed
May 27, 2027
Overview & Insights
“All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” (Exodus 24:7)
Exodus 24 is reminiscent of the beginning of the Sinai journey, where the Lord also was present visibly and conversed with Moses. (See the structural outline of Exodus 19–24 in the introduction to Exodus 19.) The narratives of Exodus 19 and 24 serve as bookends for the law of Exodus 20–23, setting the covenant-giving in the midst of the story of God’s grace and guidance. With the covenant, as in the exodus itself, the people initially followed God’s instruction and accepted his provision by faith (19:8; 24:3, 7).
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Commentary
Enduring Word: Exodus 24 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the covenant ceremony at Sinai.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Exodus 24:3 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the covenant reading.
Precept Austin: Exodus 24 Commentary Precept Austin
Detailed study page gathering many commentators on Exodus 24.
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year B Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre
Brant Pitre shows how the blood of the Sinai covenant prefigures the blood of the new covenant.
Corpus Christi, Year B Sunday Readings Agape Bible Study
Catholic study of the covenant blood ritual as this Sunday's first reading.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Exodus Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to Exodus and the Sinai covenant.
BibleProject: Exodus 1-18 Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the exodus story leading to Sinai.
Sefaria: Exodus 24 (Hebrew) Sefaria
Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
BibleHub: Exodus 24 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
Questions preachers ask
How is the covenant confirmed at Sinai?
Moses reads the book of the covenant and sprinkles the blood, and the elders go up and behold God and eat and drink in his presence.
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