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Hebrews 9:18

Covenant and promises

16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

19 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,

20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
KJV
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
WEB
Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.
ASV
Wherefore even the first [covenant] hath not been dedicated without blood.
DARBY
Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.
BLB
wherefore neither has the first been inaugurated without blood.
ÅB
Derfor er heller ikke den første pakt blitt innvidd uten blod;
OTB
Dette er grunnen til at selv den første pakten ikke ble innviet uten blod.
B1930
Derfor er heller ikke den første pakt blitt innvidd uten blod;

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Cross references

  • Exodus 24:3–8

    And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

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  • Hebrews 8:7–9

    For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

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  • Hebrews 9:22

    And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

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  • Hebrews 9:14

    How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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  • Exodus 12:22

    And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

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