“And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.”
The people all responded together: we will do everything the Lord has said. Then Moses brought their answer back to the Lord. The response is unanimous — all the people, together. The covenant acceptance is communal, not individual. Every subsequent individual Israelite inherits the covenant their ancestors accepted at Sinai, just as every subsequent believer inherits the covenant the church entered at Pentecost. The bringing of the answer back to the Lord is the mediatorial function: Moses carries the people's response to God as he carries God's offer to the people. Hebrews 9:15 describes Jesus as the mediator of a new covenant — the mediatorial pattern established at Sinai is the pattern Christ fulfills.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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