Hebrews 9:20

He said to them, “This is the blood of the agreed relationship that God has told you he wants with you.”

Free Bible Version

In The King James Version

Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

In Context

19After Moses had given all the commandments of the law to everyone, he took the blood of calves and goats, and together with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, sprinkled the book itself and all the people.

21Moses sprinkled the blood in the same way on the Tabernacle and everything used in worship.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:12You're here so you can enter into the agreement of the Lord your God, which he is making with you today, and accept his solemn promise,

Zechariah 9:11And as for you, because my agreement with you, sealed with blood, I will set you free from the waterless pit.

Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace who raised our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, from the dead, with the blood of an eternal agreement—

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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