Hebrews 9:18

Hence even the first testament was not dedicated without blood.

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In The King James Version

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

In Context

17For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

19For when Moses had spoken every precept 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

Exodus 12:22And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin: and none of you shall go out at the door of his house till the morning.

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

Hebrews 9:22And almost all things are by the law cleansed with blood; and without shedding of blood 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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