Hebrews 9:17-19

International Standard Version

¹⁷ For a will is in force only when somebody has died, since it never takes effect as long as the one who made it is alive. ¹⁸ This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. ¹⁹ For after every commandment in the Law had been spoken to all the people by Moses, he took the blood of calves and goats,^[a] together with some water, scarlet wool, and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,