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Hebrews 9:17-19
Revised Standard Version
Hebrews 9:17-19
Revised Standard Version
17 For a will[a] takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. 18 Hence even the first covenant was not ratified without blood. 19 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
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- Hebrews 9:17 The Greek word here used means both covenant and will
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