Hebrews 9:18

Therefore, not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood;

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In The King James Version

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

In Context

17because a will is in force after men are dead, since it never takes effect while the one who made it lives.

19because when every commandment of the Law had been proclaimed 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 scroll itself and all the people,

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Cross References

Hebrews 8:7Now if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for a second one;

Hebrews 9:22In fact, according to the Law nearly everything is 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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