Hebrews 9:18

Whence neither the first was inaugurated without blood.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

In Context

17For a testament [is] of force when men are dead, since it is in no way of force while the testator is alive.)

19For 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,

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Cross References

Exodus 12:22And take a bunch of hyssop, and dip [it] in the blood that is in the bason, and smear the lintel and the two door-posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

Hebrews 8:7For if that first was faultless, place had not been sought for a second.

Hebrews 9:22and almost all things are purified with blood according to the law, and without blood-shedding there is no remission.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 9:16-23

The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 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. 18 Whereupon neither the first… Read the whole commentary →

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