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Exodus 24 · a question people ask

Could Israel keep what they promised?

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They promised three times (19:8, 24:3, 24:7). Then, while Moses was on the mountain, "the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain" (32:1), and Aaron "made it a molded calf" (32:4). The LORD told Moses, "They have turned away quickly out of the way which I commanded them" (32:8). In Deuteronomy, Moses recalls the people saying at Horeb, "we will hear it, and do it" (Deuteronomy 5:27), and the LORD's answer: "They have well said all that they have spoken. Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always" (Deuteronomy 5:28-29). Through Jeremiah the LORD later spoke of the covenant made when he brought Israel out of Egypt, "which covenant of mine they broke" (Jeremiah 31:32), and promised a new one: "I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart" (Jeremiah 31:33).

The verses

“All the people answered together, and said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do.” Moses reported the words of the people to the LORD.”
Exodus 19:8 · World English Bible
“Moses came and told the people all the LORD’s words, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which the LORD has spoken will we do.””
Exodus 24:3 · World English Bible
“He took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people, and they said, “We will do all that the LORD has said, and be obedient.””
Exodus 24:7 · World English Bible
“Go near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say, and tell us all that the LORD our God tells you; and we will hear it, and do it.” The LORD heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me; and the LORD said to me, “I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have well said all that they have spoken. Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!”
Deuteronomy 5:27-29 · World English Bible

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Exodus 24: The blood of the covenant

Israel said yes to the LORD's words three times (19:8, 24:3, 24:7), and Moses sprinkled them with "the blood of the covenant" (24:8). In the World English Bible those words appear again only in Hebrews (9:20, 10:29). At supper Jesus took the cup and said, "This is my blood of the new covenant" (Mark 14:24).

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