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24 Then they took him and cast him into the [well-like] pit which was empty; there was no water in it.

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24 and they took him and threw him into the cistern.(A) The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

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Moses [a]wrote all the words of the Lord. He rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve pillars representing Israel’s twelve tribes.

And he sent young Israelite men, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord.

And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he dashed against the altar.

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people; and they said, All that the Lord has said we will do, and we will be obedient.

And Moses took the [remaining half of the] blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 24:4 The contemporary evidence, supplied by archaeology, that writing had long been in common use before the time of Moses now makes conjectures about the contents of the earlier books of the Old Testament being handed down orally look absurd. Not only is much of the misleading criticism of the Bible now recognized as unjustified, it is out of harmony with the scientific outlook of the present day (Sir Charles Marston, New Bible Evidence).

Moses then wrote(A) down everything the Lord had said.

He got up early the next morning and built an altar(B) at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars(C) representing the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings(D) and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings(E) to the Lord. Moses(F) took half of the blood(G) and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed(H) against the altar. Then he took the Book of the Covenant(I) and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”(J)

Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people(K) and said, “This is the blood of the covenant(L) that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

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16 For where there is a [last] will and testament involved, the death of the one who made it must be established,

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16 In the case of a will,[a] it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:16 Same Greek word as covenant; also in verse 17