Exodus 24:6

Exodus 24:6

And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

a. NLT: Moses drained half the blood from these animals into basins. The other half he splattered against the altar.

b. NIV: Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed against the altar.

c. YLT: And Moses taketh half of the blood, and putteth in basins, and half of the blood hath he sprinkled on the altar;

d. Amplified Bible: Moses took half of the blood and put it in large basins, and [the other] half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

e. Septuagint: And Moses took half the blood and poured it into bowls, and half the blood he poured out upon the altar.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: Moses took half the blood and placed it in basins, and half the blood he threw upon the altar.

1. “And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons…”

a. And Moses [4872 * Mosheh] [Strong: from 4871; drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver:--Moses.]

b. took [3947 *  laqach] [Strong: a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications):--accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.]

c. half [2677 * chetsiy] [Strong: from 2673; the half or middle:--half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.]

d. of the blood [1818 * dam] [Strong: from 1826 (Compare 119); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood):--blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.]

e. and put it [7760 * suwm or siym] [Strong: a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically):--X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.]

f. in basins [101 *  'aggan] [Strong: probably from 5059; a bowl (as pounded out hollow):--basin, cup, goblet.]

2. “…and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.”

a. and half [2677 * chetsiy] [Strong: from 2673; the half or middle:--half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.]

b. of the blood [1818 * dam] [Strong: from 1826 (Compare 119); blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood):--blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.]

c. he sprinkled [2236 * zaraq] [Strong: a primitive root; to sprinkle (fluid or solid particles):--be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew.]

d. on the altar [4196 *  mizbeach] [Strong: from 2076; an altar:--altar.]

1). Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown Commentary: Moses took half of the blood . . . sprinkled--Preliminary to this was the public reading of the law and the renewed acceptance of the terms by the people; then the sprinkling of the blood was the sign of solemn ratification--half on each party in the transaction.]