Hebrews 9:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

For 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,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Λαληθείσης γὰρ πάσης ἐντολῆς κατὰ νόμον ὑπὸ Μωϋσέως παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, λαβὼν τὸ αἷμα τῶν μόσχων καὶ τράγων, μετὰ ὕδατος, καὶ ἐρίου, κοκκίνου καὶ ὑσσώπου, αὐτό τε τὸ βιβλίον, καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν ἐρράντισεν,

Transliteration

For lalētheisēs gar pasēs entolēs kata nomon hypo Mōuseōs panti tō laō, labōn to haima tōn moschōn kai tragōn, with hydatos, and eriou, kokkinou kai hyssōpou, auto te to biblion, and panta ton laon errantisen,

Grammar Details

• *Lalētheisēs*: aorist passive participle, genitive feminine singular - 'having been spoken'
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - 'for'
• *pasēs*: genitive feminine singular adjective - 'every/all'
• *entolēs*: genitive feminine singular - 'commandment'
• *kata*: preposition with accusative - 'according to'
• *nomon*: accusative masculine singular - 'law'
• *hypo*: preposition with genitive - 'by'
• *Mōuseōs*: genitive masculine singular - 'Moses'
• *panti*: dative masculine singular adjective - 'all'
• *tō laō*: dative masculine singular - 'the people'
• *labōn*: aorist active participle, nominative masculine singular - 'having taken'
• *to haima*: accusative neuter singular - 'the blood'
• *tōn moschōn*: genitive masculine plural - 'of the calves'
• *kai*: conjunction - 'and'
• *tragōn*: genitive masculine plural - 'of goats'
• *meta*: preposition with genitive - 'with'
• *hydatos*: genitive neuter singular - 'water'
• *eriou*: genitive neuter singular - 'wool'
• *kokkinou*: genitive neuter singular adjective - 'scarlet'
• *hyssōpou*: genitive feminine singular - 'hyssop'
• *auto*: accusative neuter singular pronoun - 'itself'
• *te*: connective particle - 'both/and'
• *to biblion*: accusative neuter singular - 'the book'
• *panta*: accusative masculine singular adjective - 'all'
• *ton laon*: accusative masculine singular - 'the people'
• *errantisen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - 'he sprinkled'

Word Meanings

• *lalētheisēs*: having been spoken/pronounced/declared
• *entolēs*: commandment/precept/order
• *nomon*: law/Torah
• *labōn*: having taken/received
• *haima*: blood
• *moschōn*: calves/young bulls
• *tragōn*: goats
• *hydatos*: water
• *eriou*: wool
• *kokkinou*: scarlet/crimson
• *hyssōpou*: hyssop (plant)
• *biblion*: book/scroll
• *errantisen*: sprinkled/scattered

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For when {G5259} every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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,

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For when all the commaundementes were redde of Moses vnto all the people he toke ye bloud of calves and of Gotes with water and purple woll and ysope and sprynkled both the boke and all the peopl

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For whan all the commaundementes (acordinge to the lawe) were red of Moses vnto all the people, he toke ye bloude of calues and of goates, with water and purple woll and ysope, and sprenkled the boke and all the people,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For when Moses had spoken euery precept to the people, according to the Law, he tooke the blood of calues and of goates, with water and purple wooll and hyssope, and sprinckled both the booke, and all the people,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For when Moyses had spoken euery precept to all the people according to the lawe, takyng the blood of Calues and of Goates, with water & purple wooll and ysope, he sprynkled both the booke it selfe, and all the people,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for every command having been spoken, according to law, by Moses, to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he both the book itself and all the people did sprinkle,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For when Moses had given all the rules of the law to the people, he took the blood of goats and young oxen, with water and red wool and hyssop, and put it on the book itself and on all the people,

• World English Bible (2000)

  For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

Referenced Verses

• Num 19:6 : 6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet, and throw it into the midst of the burning heifer.
• Heb 9:12 : 12 Not 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.
• 1 Pet 1:2 : 2 Chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification by the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you.
• Num 19:18 : 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, and on him who touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
• Ps 51:7 : 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
• Isa 52:15 : 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for what had not been told them shall they see; and what they had not heard shall they consider.
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
• Matt 27:28 : 28 And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe.
• Mark 15:17 : 17 And they clothed him with purple, and twisted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head,
• Mark 15:20 : 20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
• John 19:2 : 2 And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they placed on him a purple robe,
• John 19:5 : 5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Behold the man!
• 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 24:5-9 : 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. 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 10 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he did not lay his hand: also they saw God, and ate and drank.
• Lev 1:2-3 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of the cattle, either of the herd or of the flock. 3 If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tent of meeting before the LORD.
• Lev 1:10 : 10 And if his offering is of the flocks, namely, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring a male without blemish.
• Lev 3:6 : 6 If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
• Lev 14:4-7 : 4 Then the priest shall command to take for the one who is to be cleansed two living and clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 5 And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: 7 And he shall sprinkle upon him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
• Lev 14:49-52 : 49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 50 And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: 51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
• Lev 16:14-18 : 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 15 Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring its blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: 16 And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of meeting, which remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 17 And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of meeting when he goes in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he comes out, and has made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. 18 And he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bull, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar all around.
• Heb 10:4 : 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
• Heb 12:24 : 24 To Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.