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Exodus 24:5 Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/exodus/24.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter"> (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/24.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then he sent some of the young Israelite men to present burnt offerings and to sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he sent out young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he sent out young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />He also sent some young men to burn offerings and to sacrifice bulls as special offerings to the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then he sent young Israelite men, and they sacrificed bulls as burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then he sent young men, and they burned sacrifices to the LORD and sacrificed some cattle as fellowship offerings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He sent young Israeli men to offer up burnt offerings and sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offerings to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of cattle to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and he sends the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to YHWH—calves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and he sendeth the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah -- calves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will send forth young men sons of Israel, and they will bring up burnt-offerings, and they will sacrifice sacrifices of peace to Jehovah of bullocks.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he sent youths from the sons of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and they immolated calves as peace-offerings to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then, having sent young men of the Israelites to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice young bulls as communion offerings to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed oxen as offerings of well-being to the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he sent the youths of the children of Israel and they offered up burning peace offerings and they sacrificed peace sacrifices, bullocks to LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he sent the young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he sent forth the young men of the children of Israel, and they offered whole burnt-offerings, and they sacrificed young calves as a peace-offering to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/24-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=6077" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/24.htm">The Covenant Sealed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: way·yiš·laḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">Then he sent out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5288.htm" title="5288: na·‘ă·rê (N-mpc) -- A boy, lad, youth, retainer. From na'ar; a boy, from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also, a girl.">some young men</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.)."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘ă·lū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and they offered</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·lōṯ (N-fp) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">burnt offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/2076.htm" title="2076: way·yiz·bə·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To slaughter for sacrifice. A primitive root; to slaughter an animal.">and sacrificed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6499.htm" title="6499: pā·rîm (N-mp) -- Young bull, steer. Or par; from parar; a bullock.">young bulls</a> <a href="/hebrew/8002.htm" title="8002: šə·lā·mîm (N-mp) -- A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering. From shalam; properly, requital, i.e. A sacrifice in thanks.">as peace</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: zə·ḇā·ḥîm (N-mp) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-18.htm">Hebrews 9:18-22</a></span><br />That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. / For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people, / saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3-5</a></span><br />If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD. / He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him. / And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-19.htm">Hebrews 9:19</a></span><br />For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/7-17.htm">Numbers 7:17</a></span><br />and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-2.htm">1 Peter 1:2</a></span><br />according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/3-1.htm">Leviticus 3:1-5</a></span><br />“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD. / He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splatter the blood on all sides of the altar. / From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-11.htm">Hebrews 13:11-12</a></span><br />Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. / And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a></span><br />For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-18.htm">1 Corinthians 10:18</a></span><br />Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-10.htm">Leviticus 4:10</a></span><br />just as the fat is removed from the ox of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/9-18.htm">Leviticus 9:18</a></span><br />Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a></span><br />Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/12-27.htm">Deuteronomy 12:27</a></span><br />Present the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a></span><br />and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">young men</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/19-22.htm">Exodus 19:22</a></b></br> And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.</p><p class="hdg">burnt offerings</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/18-12.htm">Exodus 18:12</a></b></br> And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/1-1.htm">Leviticus 1:1</a></b></br> And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,</p><p class="hdg">peace offerings</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/3-1.htm">Leviticus 3:1</a></b></br> And if his oblation <i>be</i> a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer <i>it</i> of the herd; whether <i>it be</i> a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/7-11.htm">Leviticus 7:11-21</a></b></br> And this <i>is</i> the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/genesis/32-15.htm">Bullocks</a> <a href="/genesis/32-15.htm">Bulls</a> <a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-19.htm">Calves</a> <a href="/exodus/22-30.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/exodus/23-33.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/exodus/22-24.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/17-1.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/exodus/18-12.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/exodus/23-18.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/22-30.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/amos/5-22.htm">Peace-Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/23-18.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/exodus/22-20.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/exodus/23-26.htm">Young</a> <a href="/genesis/48-16.htm">Youths</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/2-12.htm">Ascend</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-19.htm">Bullocks</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-19.htm">Bulls</a> <a href="/exodus/29-13.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/exodus/29-18.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Calves</a> <a href="/exodus/34-19.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/exodus/24-14.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/exodus/24-11.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/35-1.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/exodus/29-27.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/exodus/25-3.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/34-3.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/exodus/29-28.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-1.htm">Peace-Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/29-28.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/exodus/29-28.htm">Sacrifice</a> <a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/exodus/29-28.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/exodus/29-1.htm">Young</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-14.htm">Youths</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-1.htm">Moses is called up into the mountain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-3.htm">The people promise obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-4.htm">Moses builds an altar, and twelve pillars.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-6.htm">He sprinkles the blood of the covenant</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-9.htm">The glory of God appears</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-14.htm">Aaron and Hur have the charge of the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/24-15.htm">Moses goes into the mountain, where he continues forty days and forty nights.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The choice of "young men" suggests individuals who were likely strong and capable, suitable for the physical tasks involved in preparing and offering sacrifices. This reflects the communal involvement in worship and the importance of youth in religious duties. The use of young men also indicates a sense of purity and vigor, which were valued in sacrificial roles.<p><b>and they offered burnt offerings</b><br>Burnt offerings were a common form of sacrifice in ancient Israel, symbolizing atonement and dedication to God. The entire animal was consumed by fire, representing the complete surrender to God's will. This act of offering burnt sacrifices was a way to seek favor and forgiveness from God, emphasizing the seriousness of the covenant being established. Burnt offerings are mentioned throughout the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/leviticus/1.htm">Leviticus 1</a>, where detailed instructions are given.<p><b>and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings</b><br>Peace offerings, also known as fellowship offerings, were meant to symbolize reconciliation and communion with God. The choice of young bulls indicates the value and significance of the offering, as bulls were considered valuable livestock. Peace offerings were unique in that they were shared between the altar, the priests, and the offerer, symbolizing a communal meal with God. This type of offering is detailed in <a href="/leviticus/3.htm">Leviticus 3</a> and highlights the relational aspect of worship, pointing to the peace and fellowship believers have with God.<p><b>to the LORD</b><br>The use of "the LORD" (YHWH) signifies the covenant name of God, emphasizing the personal and relational nature of the covenant being established. This phrase underscores the direct worship and dedication to the God of Israel, distinguishing Him from the pagan deities of surrounding nations. The sacrifices were not just ritualistic acts but were directed towards maintaining a covenant relationship with the one true God. This covenant relationship is foundational throughout the Old Testament and is fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, who is seen as the ultimate peace offering, reconciling humanity to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who is orchestrating the covenant ceremony between God and Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/y/young_israelite_men.htm">Young Israelite Men</a></b><br>These individuals were chosen to perform the sacrificial duties, representing the people in this sacred act.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/burnt_offerings.htm">Burnt Offerings</a></b><br>A type of sacrifice where the entire animal is consumed by fire, symbolizing complete dedication to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/peace_offerings.htm">Peace Offerings</a></b><br>Sacrifices that signify fellowship and communion with God, often shared between the offerer, the priests, and God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is establishing His relationship with His people through these sacrificial acts.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_sacrifice_in_worship.htm">The Role of Sacrifice in Worship</a></b><br>Sacrifices were central to Israelite worship, symbolizing atonement, dedication, and fellowship with God. Today, our worship should also reflect these elements, focusing on Christ's ultimate sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/y/young_men_in_service.htm">Young Men in Service</a></b><br>The involvement of young men in sacrificial duties highlights the importance of engaging the younger generation in spiritual responsibilities. Encourage young believers to actively participate in church life and service.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_burnt_and_peace_offerings.htm">Symbolism of Burnt and Peace Offerings</a></b><br>Burnt offerings represent total surrender to God, while peace offerings signify communion with Him. Believers are called to live lives fully dedicated to God and to seek peace and fellowship with Him and others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship_with_god.htm">Covenant Relationship with God</a></b><br>The sacrificial system was part of the covenant relationship between God and Israel. As Christians, we are part of a new covenant through Jesus Christ, which calls us to live in obedience and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_many_fighting_men_in_israel.htm">In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel? Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9) One million, one hundred thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_amos_5_25_deny_wilderness_sacrifices.htm">Amos 5:25 - How can Amos assert that Israel did not offer sacrifices in the wilderness when Exodus and Leviticus detail extensive sacrificial ordinances?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/israel's_fighting_men_count.htm">How many fighting men were in Israel? (2 Samuel 24:9 vs. 1 Chronicles 21:5)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jude_1_5_say_jesus_saved_egypt.htm">Why does Jude 1:5 say Jesus saved a people out of Egypt, contradicting the standard Old Testament account?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Young men . . . which offered burnt offerings.</span>--It is to be noted that, even subsequently to the appointment of the Levitical priesthood, the acts of slaughtering the victims and arranging the flesh upon the altar were regarded as appropriately per formed by any Israelite (<a href="/context/leviticus/1-5.htm" title="And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about on the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.">Leviticus 1:5-6</a>; <a href="/context/leviticus/1-11.htm" title="And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about on the altar.">Leviticus 1:11-12</a>, &c). The sprinkling of the blood and the lighting of the fire were the special sacrificial acts reserved to the priest (<a href="/leviticus/1-5.htm" title="And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about on the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.">Leviticus 1:5</a>; <a href="/leviticus/1-7.htm" title="And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay the wood in order on the fire:">Leviticus 1:7</a>; <a href="/leviticus/1-11.htm" title="And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about on the altar.">Leviticus 1:11</a>; <a href="/leviticus/1-13.htm" title="But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it on the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD.">Leviticus 1:13</a>). At this time, before the Levitical priest hood had been instituted, the sprinkling of the blood would seem to have been the sole act reserved. <span class= "ital">Young </span>men were employed to slay the animals as best qualified by their strength to deal with them. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he sent young men</span>. The Levitical priesthood not being as vet instituted, either all the people were regarded as holy, and so any one might offer sacrifice, or the "young men" selected may have been of the number of the first-born, who were priests in their respective families until the appointment of Aaron and his sons to be priests of the nation (<a href="/exodus/28-1.htm">Exodus 28:1</a>). No doubt young men were selected as most competent to deal with struggling animals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/24-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then he sent out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">some young men</span><br /><span class="heb">נַעֲרֵי֙</span> <span class="translit">(na·‘ă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5288.htm">Strong's 5288: </a> </span><span class="str2">A boy, lad, youth, retainer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they offered</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּֽעֲל֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">burnt offerings</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹלֹ֑ת</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·lōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whole burnt offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sacrificed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיִּזְבְּח֞וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiz·bə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2076.htm">Strong's 2076: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter for sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">young bulls</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּרִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(pā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6499.htm">Strong's 6499: </a> </span><span class="str2">Young bull, steer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as peace</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלָמִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8002.htm">Strong's 8002: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">offerings</span><br /><span class="heb">זְבָחִ֧ים</span> <span class="translit">(zə·ḇā·ḥîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/24-5.htm">Exodus 24:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/24-5.htm">OT Law: Exodus 24:5 He sent young men of the children (Exo. 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