Hebrews 9:20

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

Unlocked Literal 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 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.

21In the same manner, he sprinkled the blood on the tabernacle and all the containers used in the service.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:12You are here in order to enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God and into the oath that Yahweh your God is making with you today,

Zechariah 9:11As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the pit where there is no water.

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

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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