He took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people: Third, covenant was made when God’s word is heard and responded to.

A young man was a natural warrior, so he was a natural ‘priest’.” (Cole)Ĭ. To bind cattle to a stone altar required strength and agility. He sent the young men: “This is a primitive touch, coming from before the time of a specialized priesthood… There is nothing magical in the choice of young men for the task: it is purely a practical consideration. Sacrifice admits our own sin and failing before God, and it addresses that need through the death of a substitute. Who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD: Second, covenant was only made in the context of sacrifice. With the same idea God spoke through Habakkuk: Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. You do have a personal relationship with God you don’t have your own private agreement with Him that contradicts the revealed words of the LORD. The same is true today under the New Covenant. God did not make an individual covenant with its own arrangement for each Israelite. God’s word was important enough that it was not be left up to human recollection and the creative nature of memory.

First, the word of God must be written: Moses wrote all the words of the LORD. They must do specific things to confirm their covenant with God. And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD: In the previous verse (Exodus 24:3), Israel verbally agreed to a covenant-relationship with God but there is a sense in which this is simply not good enough. And they said, “All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.” And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you according to all these words.”Ī. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar. Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel. (4-8) The nation confirms their solemn covenant with God.Īnd Moses wrote all the words of the LORD. However, a nation that had been terrified by God’s awesome presence at Sinai was in no state of mind to do anything but agree with God. The way they seemed to easily say to God, “We will keep Your law” seemed to lack appreciation for how complete and deeply comprehensive God’s law is.

Israel here was perhaps guilty of tremendous over-confidence. Then they verbally agreed to obey the LORD ( All the words which the LORD has said we will do). So Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the judgments: When the people heard the law of God they responded with complete agreement ( all the people answered with one voice). Moses was allowed special access to God, so God spoke to Moses and Moses spoke to the nation.ī. Now others were to come up on the mountain and keep their distance ( worship from afar), yet Moses alone shall come near. Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: We are reminded that God spoke Exodus chapters 20:22 through 23:33 to Moses alone. And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words which the LORD has said we will do.”Ī. And Moses alone shall come near the LORD, but they shall not come near nor shall the people go up with him.” So Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the judgments. Now He said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. (1-3) Moses relates all the words of the LORD and all the judgments to Israel.

Mosaic pro warrior 21 review