Hebrews 9:20

saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

21In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:12so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,

Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

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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