Hebrews 9:18

Therefore, even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

In Context

17For a will is in force only upon death: it has no strength at all while the testator lives.

19For when Moses had spoken every commandment 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,

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Cross References

Hebrews 8:7For if the first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for a second.

Hebrews 9:22Indeed, under the law almost all things are cleansed with blood; and 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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