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,

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.