Hebrews 9:16-22
American Standard Version
16 For where a [a]testament is, there must of necessity [b]be the death of him that made it. 17 For a [c]testament is of force [d]where there hath been death: [e]for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth. 18 Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood. 19 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, 20 saying, [f]This is the blood of the [g]covenant which God commanded to you-ward. 21 Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood. 22 And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
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- Hebrews 9:16 The Greek word here used signifies both covenant and testament.
- Hebrews 9:16 Greek be brought.
- Hebrews 9:17 The Greek word here used signifies both covenant and testament.
- Hebrews 9:17 Greek over the dead.
- Hebrews 9:17 Or, for doth it ever . . . liveth?
- Hebrews 9:20 Ex. 24:8.
- Hebrews 9:20 The Greek word here used signifies both covenant and testament.
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