20He said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep."
20He said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep."
17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living.
18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
19 When Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people.
20 He said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep."
21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies.
22 In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
9:20Saying, This [is] the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
9:20Saying: This is the blood of the testament, which God hath enjoined unto you.
9:20saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.
9:20saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God has enjoined to you.
9:20saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.
9:20Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined to you.
9:20saying, |This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.|
9:20saying, 'This is the blood of the covenant that God enjoined unto you,'
9:20Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God has enjoined to you.