Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
Parallel translations
- WEB saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”
- BSB saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”
- NKJV saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”
- NASB saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.”
- NLT Then he said, “This blood confirms the covenant God has made with you.”
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Quick answer
Moses declared the sprinkled blood to be 'the blood of the covenant' God commanded. These words bound the people to God by sacrifice.
Overview
Quoting Exodus 24:8, the verse records Moses' covenant-ratifying declaration. The very phrase 'blood of the covenant' is echoed by Jesus at the Last Supper (Matthew 26:28), drawing a direct line from the old covenant to the new. Christ fulfills and surpasses what Moses inaugurated.
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Cross-references · 6
- Exod 24:8And 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.
- Matt 26:28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
- Heb 13:20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
- Deut 29:12That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
- Zech 9:11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
- Josh 9:6And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
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