The next point I will move onto is the subject of Exodus 24:8, Leviticus 14
and Hebrews 9:18-21. Jono Vandor and Jason Spiritual Babies in their video
"Regarding all these words" were asserting that the writer had gotten
the details wrong. Interestingly, there is a simple answer to this issue, provided
by Robert Gundry in his commentary on the New Testament. He says on page 897
regarding this section the following:
"The record of it's inaugural ceremony in Exodus
24:8 lacks the element of water, used for cleansing. The addition here of "water" to "the blood
of calves and he-goats" points up by association the cleansing power of
sacrificial blood whereas non-sacrificial blood blood stains rather than
cleanses (see the comments on Revelation 7:14 for the oxymoron of blood that
cleanses). The scarlet colour of the wool corresponds with the hyssop (a
branchy plant) get mentioned as instruments for sprinkling "the blood of
the covenant". Apperantly the woold was twisted into thread and used a
string to tie together the branches of hyssop.
"All the people" occurs once in
connection with Moses speaking "every commandment" and again in
occurrence points up the obligation of everyone counted among God's people to
obey every each commandment without exception. The second occurrence points to
the privelage of everyone sprinkled to be counted among God's people. The
sprinkling also of the book containing every commandment in the Law that book
and all the people under "the blood of the covenant that God has commanded
you" (As Moses puts it). "Has commanded" reprises the legislative
character of the covenant. The similiar blood sprinkling of "both the tent
and all the utensils for religious service" brings under the covenant
subsequent sacrifices for transgressions of God's commandments, as indicated by
the closing statement "without the pouring out of blood forgiveness
doesn't happen." Exodus 24:3-8 says that Moses sprinkled sacrificial blood
on the altar and the people but doesn't say that he sprinkled it on the book of
the laws, the tent, and "all the utensils for religious service"
(Although compare Leviticus 14:1-9)
Our author however includes the altar among the
utensils and adds the book and the tent for the aforementoin purpose of
bringing as many things as he can of the first covenant under sacrifical blood
(compare Exodus 12:22; Leviticus 8:15-19; 14:4) "Almost all things are
cleansed with blood" leaves room, however for the "heifer's
ashes" as a cleansing agent when mixed with water (9:13 [see also
Leviticus 5:11-13; 15:10; 16:26, 28; 22:6; Numbers 19:1-22; 31:21-24]). The
blood of sacrificial animals effected the "forgiveness" of ritual
impurity but couldn't effect the forgiveness of transgressions (see especially
10:3-4, 11)
So "the pouring out of blood" in the
case of those animals prefigured the shedding of Jesus' blood, which has
effected forgiveness. Pouring out alludes to the draining of the animals blood
after it's throat has been slit (compare Leviticus 17), which practice
prefigures the shedding of Jesus blood."
I will also add though Jesus throat wasn't slit, it was more to do with his
blood being poured out that is compared to the animal being slain, considering
the NT records Jesus being scourged with a whip in the Gospels, thus his back
would of been raw with blood.
I hope this article has been of assistance to you.
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