“For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,”
For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people — the Sinai covenant ceremony (Exodus 24:6-8) ritually bound people and law together through blood. The scarlet wool and hyssop (the same materials used for ritual purification) symbolize the removal of impurity before entering covenant. Water mixed with blood indicates thorough cleansing.
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