^18 (A)Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. ¹⁹ For when Moses had spoken every ^[a]precept to all the people according to the law, ^(B)he took the blood of calves and goats, ^(C)with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying, ^(D)“This is the ^(E)blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”