Hebrews 9:18

Whence, not even the first, apart from blood, hath been consecrated;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

In Context

17For, a covenant over dead persons, is firm,—since it is not then of force when he is living that hath covenanted.

19For, when every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses unto all the people, taking the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, both, the scroll itself, and all the people, he sprinkled;

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Cross References

Exodus 12:22Then shall ye take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and strike the upper beam and the two door-posts, with the blood which is in the basin,—and, ye, shall not go forth any man out of the entrance of his house, until morning,

Hebrews 8:7For, if, that first, had been, faultless, not, in that case, for a second, had there been sought, a place.

Hebrews 9:22And, nearly, all things, with blood, are purified, according to the law, and, apart from blood-shedding, cometh 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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