16 For where there is a [a]covenant, there must of necessity [b]be the death of the one who made it.

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  1. Hebrews 9:16 Or testament
  2. Hebrews 9:16 Lit be brought

17 For a [a]covenant is valid only when people are dead, [b]for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.

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  1. Hebrews 9:17 Or testament
  2. Hebrews 9:17 One early ms for is it then...lives?

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