24:5Exodus 24:5

After the people promised with one voice to do all that the Lord had said, Moses wrote His words, built an altar under the hill with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes, and sent young men chosen for the service to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings of oxen to the Lord as preparation for ratifying the covenant.1MR 114.1+3 Moses took the blood of those sacrifices to seal and confirm the covenant, placing half in basins and sprinkling half on the altar and afterward sprinkling it on the people with the book of the covenant as the blood of the covenant.Ms 126, 1901, par. 52–56+2 By this solemn service Israel was set apart and sealed to God as His peculiar, chosen people in solemn covenant with Him.Ms 119, 1903, par. 11–12+2 That blood pointed to the shedding of the blood of Jesus by which human beings are cleansed from sin, the blood on the altar signifying the consecration of body, mind, and soul to God, and the blood on the people signifying God's gracious acceptance of them as His special treasure through the sprinkled blood of Christ.Ms 119, 1903, par. 11–12+3 The covenant thus ratified typifies the covenant made between God and every believer in Jesus Christ.Ms 126, 1901, par. 52–56+1

After Moses came down and told the people all the words of the Lord and all the judgments, all the people promised with one voice to do all that the Lord had said.Ms 126, 1901, par. 52–56+1 Moses then wrote all the words, rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill with twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.Ms 126, 1901, par. 52–56+1 Young men of the children of Israel, sent by Moses and chosen for the service, then offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace or fellowship offerings of oxen unto the Lord at the altar at the foot of the mountain.1MR 114.1+4 This offering of burnt offerings and oxen as peace offerings was part of the preparation, made according to God's directions, for ratifying the covenant.1MR 114.1+2

Moses took the blood of those sacrifices to seal and confirm the covenant, putting half in basins and sprinkling half upon the altar.Ms 126, 1901, par. 52–56+2 Afterward he sprinkled half upon the people in connection with the book of the covenant and with the declaration, Behold the blood of the covenant.Ms 126, 1901, par. 52–56+2 These sacrifices accompanied the people's pledge to obey God, and Moses used their blood in the covenant ceremony to confirm the covenant with them.PP 311.5–312.2+1

The covenant's conditions were clearly stated and the principles of the law were specified, so that the people could understand the obligations they were accepting.1MR 114.2 The people pledged to obey God's words, with blessing promised for obedience, and by formally covenanting thus they accepted God as their sovereign.1SP 239.2–240.1+2 This followed His wonders in bringing them from Egypt, which gave ground to expect further blessings.PP 376.3 By this most solemn service at Sinai the children of Israel were set apart and sealed to God as His peculiar, chosen people, and entered into solemn covenant with Him.Ms 119, 1903, par. 11–12+4

The young men sent for the service offered burnt offerings and sacrificed oxen as peace and fellowship offerings to the Lord as preparation for ratifying the covenant, and the blood of that solemn service represented and pointed to the shedding of the blood of Jesus by which human beings are cleansed from sin.Ms 119, 1903, par. 11–12+4 By that service the children of Israel were set apart and sealed as God's peculiar, chosen people.Ms 119, 1903, par. 11–12+2 Half the blood was put in basins and sprinkled on the altar and afterward sprinkled on the people with the words concerning the blood of the covenant, and the blood sprinkled on the altar signified that the people had consecrated themselves, body, mind, and soul, to God, while the blood sprinkled on the people signified that through the sprinkled blood of Christ God graciously accepted them as His special treasure.Ms 126, 1901, par. 52–56 The covenant thus sealed and confirmed typifies the covenant made between God and every believer in Jesus Christ, its conditions clearly stated and its principles of law specified so that those accepting it could understand the obligations they took.Ms 126, 1901, par. 52–56+1

The instruction given to Moses on the mount in Exodus 19-24 is needed now just as verily as by Israel in Moses' day, for the directions on Mount Sinai were given by Christ Himself speaking in human flesh.Lt 160, 1906, par. 3–9 Those chapters are to be studied and presented before the people in jots and tittles as appropriate for the occasion, to end all contention and bring love as brethren with softened and subdued hearts.Lt 160, 1906, par. 3–9 Its laws written in a book guard against doing injustice and guide dealings with one another.Lt 160, 1906, par. 3–9 The chapter also holds part of the specifications Christ gave Moses for building the tabernacle, which Paul related and repeated for his own benefit and that of others while working quickly and skillfully with his hands at tentmaking alongside Aquila and others.Ms 97, 1899, par. 3–4 In so doing he preached the gospel with his hands as well as his voice and educated others as he had been educated, teaching that supreme honor is to be given to God and that the skill, genius, and wisdom brought into the tabernacle work were given by God to be used for His glory, and giving an example of diligence and thoroughness in being diligent in business, fervent in spirit, and serving the Lord.Ms 97, 1899, par. 3–4