Hebrews 9:18

Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated without blood.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

In Context

17For a testament is of force, after men are dead: otherwise it is as yet of no strength, whilst the testator liveth.

19For when every commandment of the law had been read by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

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Cross References

Exodus 12:22And dip a bunch of hyssop in the blood that is at the door, and sprinkle the transom of the door therewith, and both the door cheeks: let none of you go out of the door of his house till morning.

Hebrews 8:7For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second.

Hebrews 9:22And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with blood: and without shedding of blood 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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