Exodus 24 · Verse 6

Exodus 24:6

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Exodus 24:6, King James Version

Exodus 24:6 in other translations

BSBMoses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.
WEBMoses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
ASVAnd Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
YLTAnd Moses taketh half of the blood, and putteth in basins, and half of the blood hath he sprinkled on the altar;
DARBYAnd Moses took half the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
BBEAnd Moses took half the blood and put it in basins; draining out half of the blood over the altar.
WebsterAnd Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

What does Exodus 24:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. Moses took half of the blood ... sprinkled--Preliminary to this was the public reading of the law and the renewed acceptance of the terms by the people; then the sprinkling of the blood was the sign of solemn ratification--half on each party in the transaction.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 24:1-8

A solemn covenant was made between God and Israel. Very solemn it was, typifying the covenant of grace between God and believers, through Christ. As soon as God separated to himself a peculiar people, he governed them by a written word, as he has done ever since. God's covenants and commands are so just in themselves, and so much for our good, that the more we think of them, and the more plainly and fully they are…

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Exodus 24:6 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקַּ֤חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
מֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehMosesH4872
חֲצִ֣יcha.Tzi<the> half ofH2677
הַדָּ֔םha.Damthe bloodH1818
וַיָּ֖שֶׂםvai.Ya.semand he put [it]H7760
בָּאַגָּנֹ֑תba.'a.ga.Notin <the> bowlsH101
וַחֲצִ֣יva.cha.Tziand [the] half ofH2677
הַדָּ֔םha.Damthe bloodH1818
זָרַ֖קza.Rakhe sprinkledH2236
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ\׃ha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 24:6

  • 1 Peter 1:19

    But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

  • Exodus 24:8

    And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.

  • Hebrews 9:18

    Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

  • Leviticus 4:6

    And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the vail of the sanctuary.

  • Hebrews 12:24

    And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

  • Exodus 29:20

    Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

  • Colossians 1:20

    And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

  • Exodus 12:7

    And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

  • Leviticus 1:11

    And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

  • 1 Peter 1:2

    Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

  • Exodus 12:22

    And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

  • Leviticus 3:8

    And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

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the blood he.
8; 12:7,22; Col 1:20; Heb 9:18; 12:24; 1Pe 1:2,19
on the altar.
29:16,20; Le 1:5,11; 3:2,8; 4:6

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Context

  • Exodus 24:5

    And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord.

  • Exodus 24:6

    And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

  • Exodus 24:7

    And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.

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Exodus 24:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Moisés tomó la mitad de la sangre, y púsola en tazones, y esparció la otra mitad de la sangre sobre el altar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse prit la moitié du sang et le mit dans des bassins; et de la moitié du sang il fit aspersion sur l’autel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Mose nahm die Hälfte des Blutes und tat es in Schalen, und die Hälfte des Blutes sprengte er an den Altar.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Tulit itaque Moyses dimidiam partem sanguinis, et misit in crateras: partem autem residuam fudit super altare.