Exodus 24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:6

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins ,.... Half of the blood of the above sacrifices, this he put into basins, and set by, in order to sprinkle on the people: and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar ; the Targum of Onkelos adds, to atone for the people. But the altar here seems to represent the Lord, who was one of the parties covenanting, and therefore is sprinkled with blood as a ratification of the covenant on his part, and the promises of it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:7

And he took the book of the covenant ,.... Which contained the words of the Lord he is said to write, Exodus 24:4 , and consisted both of laws and judgments required of the people, and to which they had given their assent, and promised obedience to; and of promises made by the Lord of sending his angel before them to guide them in the way, and bring them to Canaan, and to drive the Canaanites from thence, and put the Israelites into the possession of it; so that here were promises on both... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:8

And Moses took the blood ,.... The other half of the blood which was in the basins: and sprinkled it on the people ; not on the whole body of the people, who could not be brought nigh enough, and were too numerous to be all sprinkled with it; though the apostle so expresses it, a part being put for the whole, Hebrews 9:19 either this was sprinkled on the young men that offered the sacrifices in the name of all the people; or on the seventy elders, as the heads of them, so Aben Ezra; or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:9

Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu ,.... After the above things were done, the words of the Lord were told the people, and the book of the covenant read unto them, to which they agreed, sacrifices were offered, and the blood of them sprinkled on the altar, and on the people. The Samaritan version adds to these, Eleazar and Ithamar, the two younger sons of Aaron: and seventy of the elders of Israel , who were called up to the mountain to the Lord, Exodus 24:1 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:10

And they saw the God of Israel ,.... The Targum of Jonathan restrains this to Nadab and Abihu whereas it is doubtless true of Moses and Aaron, and the seventy elders, who all saw him, and who were witnesses to the people that it was a divine Person that spoke to Moses, and delivered the laws unto him, to be observed by them; which seems to be the reason of their being called up, and favoured with this sight which must not be understood as of anything criminal in them, as if they curiously... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:11

And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand ,.... Which some interpret of his hand of prophecy, and of the measure of the Spirit, such an one as Moses had, and by virtue of which he lived forty days and nights without eating and drinking; but these not having such a measure of the Spirit, were obliged to eat and drink to support nature, as in the next clause: but it is rather to be understood of the hand of God; he did not inflict any disease or death upon them on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:12

And the Lord said unto Moses, come up to me into the mount ,.... For as yet Moses was not got up to the top of the mount, only up some part of it with the elders, though at some distance from the people: but now he is bid to come up higher: and be there ; continue there, as he did six days after this: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written ; that is, the law of the ten commandments, which were written on tables of stone by the Lord... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:13

And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua ,.... In order to go up higher on the mount. Joshua, and he only, was to go up higher with him, though not to the top of the mount, at least not into the cloud upon it, as Moses did. Joshua was his minister or servant, and waited upon him wherever he went, and was to be his successor; and therefore for his encouragement, and to qualify him the better for it, he was indulged with a sight and knowledge of things others were not; for by his not knowing... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:14

And he said unto the elders ,.... The seventy elders which were selected out of the several tribes of Israel, and now about to return to the camp: tarry ye here for us ; meaning himself and Joshua, who was going with him: until we come again unto you ; perhaps Moses might not know how long his stay would be at the top of the mount, but supposed it would be some time by the provision he makes for hearing and adjusting cases in his absence: and behold, Aaron and Hur are with you ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:15

And Moses went up into the mount ,.... To the top of it, and as it seems alone, leaving Joshua behind in a lower part of the mountain: and a cloud covered the mount ; in which cloud Jehovah was. read more

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