Hebrews 9:15-22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
15 Therefore, He is the mediator(A) of a new covenant,[a](B) so that those who are called might receive the promise(C) of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.(D) 16 Where a will exists, the death of the one who made it must be established. 17 For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in force while the one who made it is living. 18 That is why even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. 19 For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,(E) 20 saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you.(F)[b] 21 In the same way, he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the articles of worship with blood.(G) 22 According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.(H)
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- Hebrews 9:15 The Gk word used here and in vv. 15-18 can be translated covenant, will, or testament.
- Hebrews 9:20 Ex 24:8
Hebrews 9:15-22
Lexham English Bible
15 And because of this, he is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that, because[a] a death has taken place for the redemption of transgressions committed during the first covenant, those who are the called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. 16 For where there is a will, it is a necessity for the death of the one who made the will to be established. 17 For a will is in force concerning those who are dead, since it is never in force when the one who made the will is alive. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was ratified without blood. 19 For when[b] every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves[c] with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people, 20 saying,
“This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you.”[d]
21 And likewise he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the utensils of service with the blood. 22 Indeed, nearly everything is purified with blood according to the law, and apart from the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
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- Hebrews 9:15 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“has taken place”) which is understood as causal
- Hebrews 9:19 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal participle (“had been spoken”)
- Hebrews 9:19 Some manuscripts have “calves and goats”
- Hebrews 9:20 A quotation from Exod 24:8
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