Hebrews 9:18

So not even the first covenant was established without blood.

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In The King James Version

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

In Context

17For a will is only in force when there has been a death, because it has no force while the one who made it is still alive.

19For when Moses had given every command in the law to all the people, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water, red wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:22Then take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that will be in a basin. Apply the blood in the basin to the top of the doorframe and the two doorposts. None of you is to go out of the door of his house until the morning.

Hebrews 8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant.

Hebrews 9:22According to the law, almost everything is cleansed with blood. Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

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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