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Exodus 24:3-8

The Covenant Confirmed

May 27, 2027

Moses Showing the Tablets of the Law, Maerten de Vos
Moses Showing the Tablets of the Law, Maerten de Vos, 1574–1575Mauritshuis, The Hague (PD-Art)
An Antwerp mannerist's Moses, holding out the tablets with the Hebrew legible, in a composition built for a Protestant reading of the law.All that the Lord has spoken we will do: Exodus 24 is the covenant being agreed to, and the tablets are what it is agreed on.Maerten de VosAn Antwerp painter who trained in Italy and, after the iconoclasm, supplied the rebuilt churches of the city with altarpieces.Mauritshuis, The Hague (PD-Art)A small seventeenth-century town palace holding the Dutch royal cabinet of paintings, including the Girl with a Pearl Earring.Mauritshuis, The Hague (PD-Art)
Roman Lectionary
GospelMk. 14:12-16, 22-26Mk 14:12-16, 22-26
Second ReadingHeb. 9:11-15Heb 9:11-15Alt. 2nd ReadingOptional Sequence: Lauda Sion
First ReadingExod. 24:3-8Ex 24:3-8
Responsorial PsalmPs. 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18 (13)Ps 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18 (13)

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 24Enduring Word: Ex 24 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the covenant ceremony at Sinai.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Exodus 24:3BibleHub: Commentaries on Ex 24:3 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the covenant reading.

Precept Austin: Exodus 24 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Ex 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

BibleProject: Exodus 1-18 OverviewBibleProject: Ex 1-18 Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the exodus story leading to Sinai.

Sefaria: Exodus 24 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Ex 24 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.

BibleHub: Exodus 24 InterlinearBibleHub: Ex 24 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Exodus 24Catena: Ex 24 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Exodus 24.

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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