Exodus 24:8

Exodus 24:8

I. Moses sprinkled the book in his hand. It was the Bible of his day, and yet it needed sprinkling. The mind of God must pass to men through the organs of the human voice, and that humanity, mingling even with the revelation of God, needs washing. Our Bibles need the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus.

II. He sprinkled the altar, for he had reared it. The altar was a holy thing, dedicate, consecrated, yet, for the manhood which was associated with it, it needed the sprinkling of the blood. We have our altars of prayer, at home and in the sanctuary, and these need to be sprinkled with the blood of Christ.

III. Moses sprinkled the people. There is no part of man that does not need that sprinkling.

IV. The sprinkling of the blood was the token that whatever it touched became covenant. We have our covenanted Bibles and our covenanted altars; we ourselves are in covenant with Christ.

J. Vaughan, Meditations in Exodus,p. 38.

References: Exodus 24:11. W. M. Taylor, Limitations of Life,p. 111.Exodus 24:12. H. Wonnacott, Christian World Pulpit,vol. xiv., p. 94.Exodus 24:13. E. Mason, A Pastor's Legacy,p. 166.