Exodus 24
This is the famous chapter where Moses goes up mount Sinai
and receives the definitive written version of the 10 commandments.
I’m not sure why covenants sealed in blood are so important,
but Moses arranges sacrifices of animals to God and sprinkles blood on the
alter and on the people to seal the covenant.
All the people say that they will
obey God, but given their past record I am not sure how well they will do!
Moses leaves his brother Aaron,
Hur, and Joshua (his assistant) in charge of camp while he goes up the mountain
to receive all the laws of God written in stone by God’s own hand.
He is gone for 40 days – that is
pretty nearly 6 weeks up a mountain with no food or water.
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