Hebrews 9:19

17 because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.

18 That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

20 saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

21 In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
KJV
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,
WEB
For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
ASV
For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
DARBY
For every commandment having been spoken according to [the] law by Moses to all the people; having taken the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
BLB
For [on] every commandment having been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, having taken the blood of calves and of goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,
ÅB
for da ethvert bud etter loven var blitt forkynt av Moses for alt folket, tok han blodet av kalvene og bukkene tillikemed vann og skarlagenrød ull og isop og sprengte det både på boken selv og på alt folket, idet han sa:
OTB
Da Moses hadde forkynt hver befaling i loven for hele folket, tok han blodet av kalver og geiter, med vann, skarlagen ull og isop, og stenket bokrullen og hele folket.
B1930
for da ethvert bud efter loven var blitt forkynt av Moses for alt folket, tok han blodet av kalvene og bukkene tillikemed vann og skarlagenrød ull og isop og sprengte det både på boken selv og på alt folket, idet han sa:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 24:5–11

    Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.

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  • Hebrews 9:12

    He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

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  • Numbers 19:18

    Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.

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  • Hebrews 10:4

    because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

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  • Ezekiel 36:25

    I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

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  • Numbers 19:6

    The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

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  • 1 Peter 1:2

    according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

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  • Leviticus 14:4–7

    the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.

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