“And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the Lord. And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient. 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_.” Verses 5-8. 13. How does Paul describe this dedication of the covenant? “For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and _sprinkled both the book, and all the people_, saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.” Heb. 9:19, 20. NOTE.—We here have the complete account of the making of the first or old covenant. God promised to make them His peculiar people on condition that they would keep His commandments. Three times they promised to obey. The agreement was then ratified, or sealed, with blood. 14. Within less than forty days after the making of this covenant, while Moses tarried in the mount, what did the people say to Aaron? “_Up, make us gods, which shall go before us_; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.” Ex. 32:1. 15. When Moses came down from Sinai, what did he see? “And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw _the calf_, and _the dancing_: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.” Verse 19.