Exodus 24:1-18

24:1-8 | Moses confirmed the covenant – the words and judgments of the Lord (the Book of the Covenant) – with the people. This occasion was accompanied by magnificent pageantry and sacrificial worship, as well as Isarel’s collective pledge of obedience (Heb. 9:19-20). The 12 pillars represented the 12 tribes.

24:12-15 | God Himself had written the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone (31:18; Deut. 9:9). Joshua, Moses’ future successor, accompanied Moses up the mountain.

24:16-18 | The glory of the LORD was first manifested in the form of a covering cloud and then a consuming, purifying fire that symbolized His holiness (Deut. 4:36). Into that cloud went Moses for 40 days and nights, where he received the plans for the tabernacle and the priesthood. That same divine glory would soon fill the tabernacle (40:34-38).