⁵ Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered ^(A)burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord. ⁶ And Moses ^(B)took half the blood and put it in basins, and half the blood he sprinkled on the altar. ⁷ Then he ^(C)took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the Lord has said we will do, and be obedient.” ⁸ And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is ^(D)the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.”