“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.”
Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said: this is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words. The blood of the covenant sprinkled on the people is the moment of ratification. The people who accepted the covenant terms in verses 3 and 7 are now marked with the covenant blood. Moses' words — this is the blood of the covenant — are the exact words Jesus uses at the Last Supper in Matthew 26:28, with one addition: this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. The parallel is deliberate and complete: the covenant ratification by blood at Sinai is the type fulfilled at the upper table. The people sprinkled with bull's blood at Sinai; the disciples given the cup of the new covenant blood at Passover.
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