Exodus 24:8
And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.
Cross-reference
Exodus 24:6 describes the blood collected in basins, which Moses then throws on the people in verse 8, completing the ceremony.
Matthew 26:28 records Jesus calling his blood 'the blood of the covenant', directly connecting the new covenant to this old covenant sacrifice.
1 Peter 1:2 echoes this blood sprinkling as a type of Christ's blood, linking the old covenant to the new.
Hebrews 13:20 mentions 'blood of the eternal covenant', referring to Christ's blood as the lasting fulfillment of this covenant ratification.
Hebrews 9:20 directly quotes Moses' words 'This is the blood of the covenant', explicitly referencing this event.
Hebrews 9:18-21 directly cites the blood sprinkling of Exodus 24:8, explaining it as the inauguration of the first covenant.
Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:25 repeats Jesus' words 'new covenant in my blood', linking the Lord's Supper to this covenant blood.
Luke 22:20 records Jesus calling the cup 'the new covenant in my blood', contrasting with the old covenant blood here.
Mark 14:24 has Jesus say 'this is my blood of the covenant', presenting his blood as fulfillment of this covenant ratification.
Zechariah 9:11 echoes 'blood of my covenant', linking this event to God's promise of deliverance from the pit.
Jeremiah 34:13 quotes God's covenant with Israel at the Exodus, referring back to this very event.
2 Chronicles 5:10 reiterates the same detail about the tablets at Horeb, directly citing the covenant here.
1 Kings 8:9 recalls the tablets of the covenant placed in the ark, referencing this same event at Horeb.
Hebrews 9:19 directly recounts the same sprinkling of blood with water, wool, and hyssop from the covenant ceremony.
Christ's blood is the 'blood of sprinkling'—the OT ritual typologically foreshadows the superior new covenant.
Deuteronomy 5:2 directly refers back to this covenant made at Horeb, affirming the same event.
2 Kings 23:3 shows Josiah making a covenant to follow God, parallel to the covenant ratification here.
Joshua 24:25 describes a covenant renewal at Shechem, mirroring the pattern of covenant making seen here.
Leviticus 8:30 uses similar blood sprinkling for the consecration of priests, paralleling the covenant ratification in Exodus 24:8.
Ezekiel 36:25 promises a sprinkling of water for cleansing, reminiscent of the blood sprinkling in Exodus 24:8 that sealed the covenant.
Psalm 103:18 calls for keeping the covenant God made, which is the covenant established here with blood.
Paul lists Israel's privileges including covenants—the blood-sealed covenant here is part of that heritage.