출애굽기 Chapter 24

Translation: ESV

1

And he said to Moses, 'Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.'

Key Message

Coming to God is always by His invitation, and the distance between humanity and God is bridged through a mediator.

▸God commands Moses to come up the mountain with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy elders.

God commands Moses to come up the mountain with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy elders. But the expression 'worship from afar' shows that even their approach has limits. Only Moses can draw fully near to God, confirming Moses' unique position as mediator.

Related Verses

And to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
3

Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules. And all the people answered with one voice and said, 'All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.'

Key Message

The community's unified response to God's word declares the establishment of the covenant relationship, and faith has a communal dimension that extends beyond the individual.

▸Moses transmits all of God's words and ordinances to the people, and the people vow obedience 'with one voice.

7

Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, 'All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.'

Key Message

The covenant is established through the public proclamation of the word and the community's response, and this structure becomes the fundamental form of all worship.

▸The Book of the Covenant (the written word of God) is publicly read aloud, and the people again vow obedience.

8

And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, 'Behold the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.'

Key Message

The blood of the covenant symbolizes the life-union between God and humanity, and is a type of the new covenant established through Christ's blood on the cross.

▸Half of the blood is thrown on the people with the proclamation 'the blood of the covenant.

11

And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.

Key Message

The meal in God's presence is the most intimate expression of the covenant relationship, and is a type of the complete fellowship with God in Christ.

▸The expression 'he did not lay his hand on them' emphasizes that surviving to see God's glory was a special grace of God.

16

The glory of the LORD dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

Key Message

God's call comes when the time of preparation is complete, and waiting and preparation make the encounter with God more meaningful.

▸The glory of Yahweh dwells in the cloud for six days, and on the seventh day God calls Moses.

18

Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Key Message

Deep encounter with God requires time, and the complete period of forty days is a sufficient time of preparation and transformation for receiving God's plan in its entirety.

▸Moses enters the cloud and remains on the mountain forty days and forty nights.