Hebrews 9:18

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This is why even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

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  • Exod 12:22 : 22 Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply some of the blood to the lintel and the two doorposts. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning.
  • Exod 24:3-8 : 3 Moses came and told the people all the LORD's words and laws. The people responded with one voice, saying, "We will do everything the LORD has said." 4 Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning, he built an altar at the base of the mountain and set up twelve pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 Then he sent young men of the Israelites, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed bulls as fellowship offerings to the LORD. 6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey." 8 Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you concerning all these words."
  • Heb 8:7-9 : 7 If that first covenant had been without fault, there would have been no need to seek a second one. 8 But finding fault with them, he says: 'Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.' 9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and so I turned away from them, declares the Lord.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?
  • Heb 9:22 : 22 Indeed, according to the Law, almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

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  • Heb 9:19-23
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    19 For when every commandment of the law had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

    20 saying, 'This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to follow.'

    21 In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.

    22 Indeed, according to the Law, almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

    23 Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves require better sacrifices than these.

  • Heb 9:11-17
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    11 But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

    12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood. He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

    13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so their bodies are outwardly clean,

    14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?

    15 Therefore, Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

    16 For where there is a will, it must be established that the death of the one who made it has occurred.

    17 For a will takes effect only when someone has died; it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.

  • Heb 9:6-9
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    6 When these things were arranged this way, the priests would regularly enter the first room of the tabernacle to perform their ministry.

    7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and only once a year, never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

    8 By this, the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

    9 This is a symbol for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience.

  • Heb 9:1-3
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    1 The first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.

    2 For a tabernacle was prepared, the first room containing the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the bread, which is called the Holy Place.

    3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place.

  • 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.

  • 8 Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you concerning all these words."

  • Heb 10:3-4
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    3 But instead, these sacrifices serve as a reminder of sins year after year.

    4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

  • 25 Nor did He enter to offer Himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own.

  • 19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

  • Heb 13:11-12
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    11 The high priest brings the blood of animals into the holy places as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp.

    12 So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through His own blood.

  • 20 And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,

  • 7 If that first covenant had been without fault, there would have been no need to seek a second one.

  • 11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.

  • 28 By faith he observed the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them.

  • 24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

  • 6 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.

  • 4 But you must not eat meat that still has its lifeblood in it.

  • 19 Moses slaughtered the ram and splashed the blood on all sides of the altar.

  • 19 He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

  • Lev 4:16-18
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    16 Then the anointed priest shall bring some of the bull’s blood into the tent of meeting.

    17 The priest will dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.

    18 He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the tent of meeting. He shall then pour out the remaining blood at the base of the altar for burnt offerings, which is at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

  • 17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

  • 9 Aaron's sons brought the blood to him. He dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar. Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

  • Num 19:4-5
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    4 Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.

    5 Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight—its hide, its flesh, its blood, and its intestines shall all be burned.

  • 24 He said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

  • 12 Take some of the bull’s blood, and with your finger, put it on the horns of the altar. Pour out all the remaining blood at the base of the altar.

  • 6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.

  • 9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second.

  • 22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

  • 1 For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.

  • 18 Since its blood was not brought inside the sanctuary, you should have eaten it in the holy place as I commanded.