Holy Week · Maundy Thursday · Year B
Exodus 24:3-11
The Covenant Confirmed
March 25, 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 Bible Commentary Exodus 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 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentaries on the ratification of the Sinai covenant.
Exodus 24 Commentary Precept Austin
Verse studies on the covenant blood and the vision of the God of Israel.
Background & Word Study
Exodus 24:3 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for the covenant-blood ceremony.
Exodus 24 - Sefaria Sefaria
Hebrew text with Rashi and classical Jewish commentary on the Sinai covenant.
Book of Exodus 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.
Exodus - Enter the Bible Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on Exodus (background only).
The Church Fathers
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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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