17 For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in effect while the one who made it is living. 18 That is why even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. 19 For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats,[a] along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:19 Some mss omit and goats

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