Hebrews 9:20

saying, this is the blood of the covenant, which God hath enjoined you.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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,

21And the tabernacle, and all the vessels of public worship he likewise sprinkled with blood.

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Cross References

Hebrews 13:20Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the everlasting covenant,

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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