Hebrews 9:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

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  • Exod 12:22 : 22 And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
  • Exod 24:3-8 : 3 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 has said, we will do. 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.
  • Heb 8:7-9 : 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, He says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
  • Heb 9:22 : 22 And almost all things are purified by the law with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

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  • Heb 9:19-23
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    19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the book itself and all the people,

    20Saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you."

    21Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry.

    22And almost all things are purified by the law with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

    23Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

  • Heb 9:11-17
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    11But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

    12Not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

    13For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh,

    14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

    15And for this reason He is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

    16For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

    17For a testament is in effect after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives.

  • Heb 9:6-9
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    6Now when these things were thus arranged, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, performing the service of God.

    7But into the second the high priest went alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people:

    8The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing:

    9Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience;

  • Heb 9:1-3
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    1Then truly the first covenant also had ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary.

    2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the lampstand, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary.

    3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All;

  • 19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

  • 8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.

  • Heb 10:3-4
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    3But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.

    4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.

  • 25Not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place every year with the blood of others;

  • 19Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

  • Heb 13:11-12
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    11For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.

    12Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

  • 20And inasmuch as he was not made priest without an oath:

  • 7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for the second.

  • 11For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

  • 28Through faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

  • 24To Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

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

  • 4But flesh with its life, which is the blood, you shall not eat.

  • 19And he killed it, and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar all around.

  • 19And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

  • Lev 4:16-18
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    16And the anointed priest shall bring some of the bull's blood to the tabernacle of meeting.

    17And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the veil.

    18And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of meeting, and shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

  • 17But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet aroma to the LORD.

  • 9And the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:

  • Num 19:4-5
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    70%

    4And Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger and sprinkle it directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

    5And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, her flesh, her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

  • 24And he said to them, This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.

  • 12And you shall take some of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the base of the altar.

  • 6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

  • 9Then he said, Behold, I have come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first that he may establish the second.

  • 22By so much was Jesus made the guarantor of a better covenant.

  • 1For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come and not the actual form of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make those who come perfect.

  • 18Indeed, its blood was not brought into the holy place; you should have certainly eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.'