Hebrews 9:18

Whence neither was the first covenant entered into without blood:

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

In Context

17For a testament is valid after men are dead, but is of no force while the testator is living.

19for when every command was spoken according to the law, by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the book and all the people,

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Cross References

Hebrews 8:7For if the first covenant had been unexceptionable, there had been no room for a second:

Hebrews 9:22And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood; and without shedding of blood there 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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