June 10, 2012, First Reading

The Book of Exodus 24: 3-8

24:3 Prin urmare, Moses went and explained to the people all the words of the Lord, as well as the judgments. And all the people responded with one voice: “We will do all the words of the Lord, which he has spoken.”
24:4 Then Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. Și trezindu-mă dimineața, he built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve titles according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
24:5 And he sent youths from the sons of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and they immolated calves as peace-offerings to the Lord.
24:6 And so Moses took one half part of the blood, and he put it into bowls. Then the remaining part he poured over the altar.
24:7 And taking up the book of the covenant, he read it in the hearing of the people, who said: “All that the Lord has spoken, we will do, and we will be obedient.”
24:8 In truth, taking up the blood, he sprinkled it on the people, și el a zis, “This is the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has formed with you concerning all these words.”

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