Hebrews 9:19
For, 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;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
18Whence, not even the first, apart from blood, hath been consecrated;
20Saying—This, is the blood of the covenant which, God, hath sent in command unto you:
Cross References
Exodus 24:5and he sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they caused to go up, ascending-sacrifices,—and slew peace-offerings to Yahweh, of oxen.
Leviticus 1:10But, if of the flock, be his oblation,—of the sheep or of the goats, for an ascending-sacrifice, a male without defect, shall he bring near.
Leviticus 14:4then shall the priest give command,—and there shall be taken—for him that is to be cleansed—two living clean birds,—and cedar wood, and crimson am hyssop;
Leviticus 16:14Then shall he take of the blood of the bullock, and shall sprinkle with his finger upon the face of the propitiatory, eastwards,—and before the propitiatory, shall he sprinkle seven times, of the blood, with his finger.
Numbers 19:18Then shall a man that is clean take hyssop, and dip in the water, and sprinkle upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons who were there,—and upon him that touched the bone or him who had been slain, or him who had died of himself or the grave;
Isaiah 52:15The more doth he startle Many nations, Before him, have kings closed their mouth,—For, that which had not been related to them, have they seen, And that which they had not heard, haw they diligently considered.
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 →