King James Version
Exodus 24:7 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Exodus 24:7 · KJV
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.
Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and read”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“of the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“hath said”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“All that the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and be obedient”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
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