Hebrews 9:19

For 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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In The King James Version

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

In Context

18So not even the first covenant was established without blood.

20Then he said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you.”

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Cross References

Exodus 24:5He sent some Israelite young men to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice fellowship offerings of oxen to Yahweh.

Leviticus 1:10If his offering for the burnt offering is from the flock, one of the sheep or one of the goats, he must offer a male without blemish.

Leviticus 14:4Then the priest will command that the one to be cleansed must take two live, clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop.

Leviticus 16:14Then he must take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the atonement lid. He must sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times before the atonement lid.

Numbers 19:18Someone who is clean must then take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the containers inside the tent, on the persons who were there, and on anyone who touched the bone, the one who was killed, the one who died, or the grave.

Isaiah 52:15Even so, my servant will sprinkle many nations and kings will shut their mouths because of him. 1 For that which they had not been told, they will see, and that which they had not heard, they will understand.

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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