◄ Exodus 24:6 ►
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Good News Translation
Moses took half of the blood of the animals and put it in bowls; and the other half he threw against the altar.

New Revised Standard Version
Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he dashed against the altar.

Contemporary English Version
Moses put half of the blood from the animals into bowls and sprinkled the rest on the altar.

New American Bible
Moses took half of the blood and put it in large bowls; the other half he splashed on the altar.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls; and the rest he poured upon the altar.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls; and the rest he poured upon the altar.

the blood he

Exodus 24:8 And he took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and he said: This is the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.

Exodus 12:7,22 And they shall take of the blood thereof, and put it upon both the side posts, and on the upper door posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. . . .

Colossians 1:20 And through him to reconcile all things unto himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, both as to the things that are on earth and the things that are in heaven.

Hebrews 9:18 Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated without blood.

Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.

1 Peter 1:2,19 According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace unto you and peace be multiplied. . . .

on the altar

Exodus 29:16,20 And when thou hast killed him, thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and pour round about the altar. . . .

Leviticus 1:5,11 And he shall immolate the calf before the Lord: and the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer the blood thereof, pouring it round about the altar, which is before the door of the tabernacle. . . .

Leviticus 3:2,8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his victim, which shall be slain in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony: and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour the blood round about upon the altar. . . .

Leviticus 4:6 And having dipped his finger in the blood, he shall sprinkle with it seven times before the Lord, before the veil of the sanctuary.

Context
The Covenant Sealed
…5And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord. 6Then Moses took half of the blood, and put it into bowls; and the rest he poured upon the altar.7And taking the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people: and they said: All things that the Lord hath spoken, we will do, we will be obedient.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:25
In like manner also the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This chalice is the new testament in my blood. This do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of me.

Hebrews 8:9
Not according to the testament which I made to their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: because they continued not in my testament: and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

Hebrews 9:18
Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated without blood.

Hebrews 9:19
For when every commandment of the law had been read by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people.

Hebrews 9:21
The tabernacle also and all the vessels of the ministry, in like manner, he sprinkled with blood.

Leviticus 1:11
And he shall immolate it at the side of the altar that looketh to the north, before the Lord: but the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

2 Kings 17:15
And they rejected his ordinances, and the covenant that he made with their fathers, and the testimonies which he testified against them: and they followed vanities, and acted vainly: and they followed the nations that were round about them, concerning which the Lord had commanded them that they should not do as they did.

Psalm 99:6
Moses and Aaron among his priests: and Samuel among them that call upon his name. They called upon the Lord, and he heard them:

Jeremiah 31:32
Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, the covenant which they made void, and I had dominion over them, saith the Lord.

Exodus 24:5
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