Hebrews 9:18

Neither was the first covenant therefore dedicated without blood.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

In Context

17for a covenant is valid in case of the dead: since it has no force while the covenanter lives.

19For every commandment having been spoken by Moses to all the people according to law, having taken the blood of bullocks and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

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Cross References

Hebrews 8:7For if that first covenant had been faultless, a place would not have been sought for the second.

Hebrews 9:22And according to the law, almost all things are purified by blood; and without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

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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