"This Is The Blood Of The Covenant Which Will BE Shed For The Multitude."

 "Moses came and told the people all the words of YAHWEH and all HIS laws.  The people replied with one voice: 'Everything that YAHWEH has said, we shall do.'

Moses wrote down all the words of YAHWEH, then rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain with twelve raised stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.

He then sent young men from among the sons of Israel to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice bullocks as peace offerings to YAHWEH.

And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins; and with the other half of the blood he sprinkled the altar.

He then took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people.  They said, 'All that YAHWEH said we shall do and obey.'

Moses then took the blood and sprinkled it on the people saying, 'Here is the blood of the Covenant that YAHWEH has made with you in accordance with all these words.'" - Exodus 24:3-8 

(The most important events of the Scriptures are at times the most briefly related.  At the foot of Mount Sinai the Covenant which would govern the life of Israel was signed.

Two scenes depict the celebration of the Covenant.  First, Moses and the elders of Israel witness the Glory of YAHWEH over Mount Sinai.  Later, upon Moses' return, the people seal the Covenant by means of a solemn sacrifice.

Here is the blood of the Covenant...  According to the custom of the time, both parties to the contract were sprinkled with the blood of the victims.  Since the altar represented YAHWEH, it received this sprinkled blood on HIS behalf.  These details should be remembered when we read what JESUS declares at the Last Supper, "This is the blood of the Covenant which will be shed for the multitude" [Mark 14:24].)

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