THE PEOPLE RESPOND TO THE COVENANT AND CONFIRM THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF ITS TERMS (EXODUS 24:1). This passage can be analysed as follows: a Moses, Aaron and his eldest sons, and the seventy are called up to worship ‘afar off' (Exodus 24:1). b Only Moses may approach Yahweh (as the mediator) (Exodus 24... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh and all the judgments, and all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words which Yahweh has spoken we will do.” Moses called the people together for the explanation of the treaty. He declared to them Yahweh's offer and deta... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh and rose up early in the morning and built an altar under the Mount, and twelve pillars in accordance with the twelve tribes of Israel. And he sent young men of the children of Israel who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to Yahwe... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, and they saw the God of Israel, and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness. And on the chief men of the children of Israel he did not lay his... [ Continue Reading ]
MOSES CALLED UP INTO THE MOUNT (EXODUS 24:12). Exodus 24:12 gives the impression that they were now back in the camp. Thus it would seem that the call came to Moses there, and Moses went up into the Mount to receive the Overlord's version of the covenant. We may analyse this passage as follows:... [ Continue Reading ]