"Whereupon neither the first {testament} was dedicated without blood. {dedicated: or, purified}" — Hebrews 9:18

Hebrews 9:18 · KJV

“Whereupon neither the first {testament} was dedicated without blood. {dedicated: or, purified}”

— Hebrews 9:18

For a testament {is} of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, {scarlet: or, purple}

Hebrews 9 — Context

For where a testament {is}, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. {be: or, be brought in}

For a testament {is} of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

Whereupon neither the first {testament} was dedicated without blood. {dedicated: or, purified}

Saying, This {is} the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

Cross References

Exodus 24:3-8

And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.

Hebrews 9:14

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? {spot: or, fault}

Hebrews 9:22

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Hebrews 8:7-9

For if that first {covenant} had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

Exodus 12:22

And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip {it} in the blood that {is} in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that {is} in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.