"Saying, This {is} the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you." — Hebrews 9:20

Hebrews 9:20 · KJV

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

— Hebrews 9:20

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}

Verse 21

Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

Hebrews 9 — Context

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.

Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

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

Cross References

Exodus 24:8

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled {it} on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.

Matthew 26:28

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Hebrews 13:20

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, {covenant: or, testament}

Zechariah 9:11

As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein {is} no water. {by...: or, whose covenant is by blood}

Deuteronomy 29:12

That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day: {enter: Heb. pass}

Joshua 9:6

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.