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16 For where a [a]covenant is, there must of necessity [b]be the death of the one who made it. 17 For a [c]covenant is valid only when [d]men are dead, [e]for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood.

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  1. Hebrews 9:16 Or testament
  2. Hebrews 9:16 Lit be brought
  3. Hebrews 9:17 Or testament
  4. Hebrews 9:17 Lit over the dead
  5. Hebrews 9:17 Two early mss for is it then...lives?