Exodus 24:1-8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 24:1-8

The first two verses record the appointment of a second session upon mount Sinai, for the making of laws, when an end was put to the first. When a communion is begun between God and us, it shall never fail on his side, if it do not first fail on ours. Moses is directed to bring Aaron and his sons, and the seventy elders of Israel, that they might be witnesses of the glory of God, and that communion with him to which Moses was admitted; and that their testimony might confirm the people's faith.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:1

And he said unto Moses ,.... Who said? no doubt a divine Person, and yet what this Person said is: come up unto the Lord ; meaning either to himself, or one divine Person called to Moses to come up to another: according to the Targum of Jonathan, it was Michael, the prince of wisdom; not a created angel, but the eternal Word, Wisdom, and Son of God; who said this on the seventh day of the month, which was the day after the giving of the law, or ten commands; though Jarchi says this... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:2

And Moses alone shall come near the Lord ,.... Into the cloud where he was, and talk with him face to face, as a man talketh with his friend; which was great nearness indeed, and a peculiar favour and high honour was this: but they shall not come nigh ; Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel: neither shall the people go up with him ; not any of them, much less the whole body. It seems, by this account, that Moses had been down from the mount after he had received... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:3

And Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments ,.... Which according to Jarchi were the seven commands given to the sons of Noah, the laws concerning the sabbath, and honouring parents, the red heifer, and the judgments at Marah; but all these they were acquainted with before, excepting that of the red heifer, and the law, for that was not yet delivered to Moses, nor were these the ten commands, for they had heard them from the Lord themselves; but they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:4

And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord ,.... Jarchi says, all from the creation, to the giving of the law, and the commands at Marah; but though these were written by him, yet not at this time; but as Aben Ezra more truly observes, what are mentioned in this "parashah", or section, or what is contained in the two preceding chapters, he not only related to them from his memory, but he wrote them in a book, which is after mentioned, that they might be seen and read hereafter; for these were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:5

And he sent young men of the children Israel ,.... To the altar under the hill he had these young men, according to Jarchi, were the firstborn of the children of Israel; and so the Targums Onkelos and Jonathan; and the latter adds,"for unto this hour the worship was among the firstborn, as yet the tabernacle of the covenant was not made, and as yet the priesthood was not given to Aaron.'But though this is a notion that has obtained among learned men, both Jews and Christians, it has been... read more

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 24:1

Come up unto the Lord - Moses and Aaron were already on the mount, or at least some way up, ( Exodus 19:24 ;), where they had heard the voice of the Lord distinctly speaking to them: and the people also saw and heard, but in a less distinct manner, probably like the hoarse grumbling sound of distant thunder; see Exodus 20:18 . Calmet, who complains of the apparent want of order in the facts laid down here, thinks the whole should be understood thus: - "After God had laid before Moses and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 24:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 24:5

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 24:1

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