Hebrews 9:20

Saying—This, is the blood of the covenant which, God, hath sent in command unto you:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

In Context

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;

21Yea, the tent also, and all the utensils of the public ministry, with blood, in like manner, he sprinkled:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:12that thou mayest pass through into the covenant of Yahweh thy God and into his oath,—which Yahweh thy God is solemnising with thee, to-day:

Zechariah 9:11As for thee also,—By the blood of thy covenant, have I sent forth thy prisoners out of a pit, wherein is no water.

Hebrews 13:20But, the God of peace, He that led up from among the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep, with the blood of an age-abiding covenant,—our Lord Jesus,

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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