King James Version
Exodus 24:6 in the King James Version says “And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.”
Exodus 24:6 · KJV
And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of the blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
“and put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“of the blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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