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Exodus 24:3-11

The Covenant Confirmed

April 2, 2026

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)
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMatt. 26:17-30Mt 26:17-30Alt. GospelJohn 13:1-17, 31b-35Jn 13:1-17, 31b-35
EpistleHeb. 9:11-22Heb 9:11-22Alt. Epistle1 Cor. 11:23-321 Cor 11:23-32
Old TestamentExod. 24:3-11Ex 24:3-11Alt. OTExod. 12:1-14Ex 12:1-14
PsalterPs. 116:12-19Ps 116:12-19

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 Bible Commentary Exodus Chapter 24Enduring Word Bible Commentary Ex Chapter 24 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik on the blood of the covenant sprinkled on the people and the elders' meal before God.

Exodus 24:3 CommentariesEx 24:3 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries on the ratification of the Sinai covenant.

Exodus 24 CommentaryEx 24 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse studies on the covenant blood and the vision of the God of Israel.

Background & Word Study

Exodus 24:3 InterlinearEx 24:3 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for the covenant-blood ceremony.

Exodus 24 - SefariaEx 24 - Sefaria Sefaria

Hebrew text with Rashi and classical Jewish commentary on the Sinai covenant.

Book of Exodus Summary, Part 1 (Overview Video)Book of Ex Summary, Part 1 (Overview Video) BibleProject

Animated overview of the first half of Exodus through Sinai.

The Covenants in the Bible (Theme Video) BibleProject

Theme video on biblical covenants, illuminating the blood of the covenant in Exodus 24.

The Church Fathers

Exodus 24 - Catena Bible & CommentariesEx 24 - Catena Bible & Commentaries Catena

Patristic reading of the covenant meal as a type of the Eucharist.

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