The Meaning of Exodus 24:6 Explained

Exodus 24:6

KJV: And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

YLT: And Moses taketh half of the blood, and putteth in basins, and half of the blood hath he sprinkled on the altar;

Darby: And Moses took half the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

ASV: And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Moses  took  half  of the blood,  and put  [it] in basons;  and half  of the blood  he sprinkled  on the altar. 

What does Exodus 24:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 24:1-11 - The Covenant Made And Sealed By Blood
Moses remained in communion with God while receiving the laws of the preceding chapters. When they were concluded he descended to ratify with all solemnity the Covenant between Jehovah and Israel. If the altar represented God's side of the transaction, the twelve pillars stood for Israel. The young men filled the priestly office according to Exodus 13:2, and until the Levites were appointed. It must have been a solemn spectacle as the sprinkled blood sealed the covenant. But let us turn from that first covenant, sealed with the blood of beasts, to the New Covenant, by which all the Church of the Redeemed are bound to God, and which was sealed by the shedding of the precious blood of Christ. "This is my blood of the Covenant," said Jesus, when handing round the wine. See Hebrews 9:18-20, and Exodus 13:20. The Lord's Supper is a perpetual reminder of our obligations. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 24

1  Moses is called up into the mountain
3  The people promise obedience
4  Moses builds an altar, and twelve pillars
6  He sprinkles the blood of the covenant
9  The glory of God appears
14  Aaron and Hur have the charge of the people
15  Moses goes into the mountain, where he continues forty days and forty nights

What do the individual words in Exodus 24:6 mean?

And took Moses half the blood and put [it] in basins and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar
וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ חֲצִ֣י הַדָּ֔ם וַיָּ֖שֶׂם בָּאַגָּנֹ֑ת וַחֲצִ֣י הַדָּ֔ם זָרַ֖ק עַל־ הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ

וַיִּקַּ֤ח  And  took 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
מֹשֶׁה֙  Moses 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.
חֲצִ֣י  half 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֲצִי 
Sense: half.
הַדָּ֔ם  the  blood 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
וַיָּ֖שֶׂם  and  put  [it] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
בָּאַגָּנֹ֑ת  in  basins 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אַגָּן  
Sense: bowl, basins.
וַחֲצִ֣י  and  half 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֲצִי 
Sense: half.
הַדָּ֔ם  the  blood 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
זָרַ֖ק  he  sprinkled 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: זָרַק 
Sense: to scatter, sprinkle, toss, throw, scatter abundantly, strew.
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ  the  altar 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.