 And after the reading of the law, Moses gathers the people at the foot of the mountain and he slaughters the animals and sprinkles the blood of the animals on the people and on the altar. And the altar represents God. The people stand in for themselves. What that means then is both God and the people share one blood. That is a kinship sign. That is a sign that the people of Israel have entered into the family of God. But it's also a threat because the other meaning of the blood, Drew,