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Heb 9:19	Strong Concordance	For [1063] when [5259] Moses [3475] had spoken [2980] every [3956] precept [1785] to all [3956] the people [2992] according [2596] to the law [3551], he took [2983] the blood [129] of calves [3448] and [2532] of goats [5131], with [3326] water [5204], and [2532] scarlet [2847] wool [2053], and [2532] hyssop [5301], and sprinkled [4472] both [5037] the book [975] [846], and [2532] all [3956] the people [2992],
	King James	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,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
For--confirming the general truth, Heb 9:16. spoken . . . according to the law--strictly adhering to every direction of "the law of commandments contained in ordinances" (Eph 2:15). Compare Exo 24:3, "Moses told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice," &c. the blood of calves--Greek, "the calves," namely, those sacrificed by the "young men" whom he sent to do so (Exo 24:5). The "peace offerings" there mentioned were "of oxen" (Septuagint, "little calves"), and the "burnt offerings" were probably (though this is not specified), as on the day of atonement, goats. The law in Exodus sanctioned formally many sacrificial practices in use by tradition, from the primitive revelation long before. with water--prescribed, though not in the twenty-fourth chapter of Exodus, yet in other purifications; for example, of the leper, and the water of separation which contained the ashes of the red heifer. scarlet wool, and hyssop--ordinarily used for purification. Scarlet or crimson, resembling blood: it was thought to be a peculiarly deep, fast dye, whence it typified sin (see on Isa 1:18). So Jesus wore a scarlet robe, the emblem of the deep-dyed sins He bore on Him, though He had none in Him. Wool was used as imbibing and retaining water; the hyssop, as a bushy, tufty plant (wrapt round with the scarlet wool), was used for sprinkling it. The wool was also a symbol of purity (Isa 1:18). The Hyssopus officinalis grows on walls, with small lancet-formed woolly leaves, an inch long, with blue and white flowers, and a knotty stalk about a foot high. sprinkled . . . the book--namely, out of which he had read "every precept": the book of the testament or covenant. This sprinkling of the book is not mentioned in the twenty-fourth chapter of Exodus. Hence BENGEL translates, "And (having taken) the book itself (so Exo 24:7), he both sprinkled all the people, and (Heb 9:21) moreover sprinkled the tabernacle." But the Greek supports English Version. Paul, by inspiration, supplies the particular specified here, not in Exo 24:7. The sprinkling of the roll (so the Greek for "book") of the covenant, or testament, as well as of the people, implies that neither can the law be fulfilled, nor the people be purged from their sins, save by the sprinkling of the blood of Christ (Pe1 1:2). Compare Heb 9:23, which shows that there is something antitypical to the Bible in heaven itself (compare Rev 20:12). The Greek, "itself," distinguishes the book itself from the "precepts" in it which he "spake."

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

For--confirming the general truth, Heb 9:16.

spoken . . . according to the law--strictly adhering to every direction of "the law of commandments contained in ordinances" (Eph 2:15). Compare Exo 24:3, "Moses told the people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments; and all the people answered with one voice," &c.

the blood of calves--Greek, "the calves," namely, those sacrificed by the "young men" whom he sent to do so (Exo 24:5). The "peace offerings" there mentioned were "of oxen" (Septuagint, "little calves"), and the "burnt offerings" were probably (though this is not specified), as on the day of atonement, goats. The law in Exodus sanctioned formally many sacrificial practices in use by tradition, from the primitive revelation long before.

with water--prescribed, though not in the twenty-fourth chapter of Exodus, yet in other purifications; for example, of the leper, and the water of separation which contained the ashes of the red heifer.

scarlet wool, and hyssop--ordinarily used for purification. Scarlet or crimson, resembling blood: it was thought to be a peculiarly deep, fast dye, whence it typified sin (see on Isa 1:18). So Jesus wore a scarlet robe, the emblem of the deep-dyed sins He bore on Him, though He had none in Him. Wool was used as imbibing and retaining water; the hyssop, as a bushy, tufty plant (wrapt round with the scarlet wool), was used for sprinkling it. The wool was also a symbol of purity (Isa 1:18). The Hyssopus officinalis grows on walls, with small lancet-formed woolly leaves, an inch long, with blue and white flowers, and a knotty stalk about a foot high.

sprinkled . . . the book--namely, out of which he had read "every precept": the book of the testament or covenant. This sprinkling of the book is not mentioned in the twenty-fourth chapter of Exodus. Hence BENGEL translates, "And (having taken) the book itself (so Exo 24:7), he both sprinkled all the people, and (Heb 9:21) moreover sprinkled the tabernacle." But the Greek supports English Version. Paul, by inspiration, supplies the particular specified here, not in Exo 24:7. The sprinkling of the roll (so the Greek for "book") of the covenant, or testament, as well as of the people, implies that neither can the law be fulfilled, nor the people be purged from their sins, save by the sprinkling of the blood of Christ (Pe1 1:2). Compare Heb 9:23, which shows that there is something antitypical to the Bible in heaven itself (compare Rev 20:12). The Greek, "itself," distinguishes the book itself from the "precepts" in it which he "spake."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people - When he had recited all the Law, and had given all the commandments entrusted him to deliver; Exo 24:3. He took the blood of calves and of goats - This passage has given great perplexity to commentators from the fact that Moses in his account of the transactions connected with the ratification of the covenant with the people, Exo. 24, mentions only a part of the circumstances here referred to. He says nothing of the blood of calves and of goats; nothing of water, and scarletwool, and hyssop; nothing of sprinkling the book, the tabernacle, or the vessels of the ministry. It has been made a question, therefore, whence Paul obtained a knowledge of these circumstances? Since the account is not contained in the Old Testament, it must have been either by tradition, or by direct inspiration. The latter supposition is hardly probable, because: (1) the information here can hardly be regarded as of sufficient importance to have required an original revelation; for the illustration would have had sufficient force to sustain his conclusion if the literal account in Exodus only had been given, that Moses sprinkled the people, but (2) such an original act of inspiration here would not have been consistent with the object of the apostle. In that argument it was essential that he should state only the facts about the ancient dispensation which were admitted by the Hebrews themselves. Any statement of his own about things which they did not concede to be true, or which was not well understood as a custom, might have been called in question, and would have done much to invalidate the entire force of the argument. It is to be presumed, therefore, that the facts here referred to had been preserved by tradition; and in regard to this, and the authority due to such a tradition, we may remark: (1) that it is well known that the Jews had a great number of traditions which they carefully preserved; (2) that there is no improbability in the supposition that many events in their history would be preserved in this manner, since in the small compass of a volume like the Old Testament it cannot be presumed that all the events of their nation had been recorded; (3) though they had many traditions of a trifling nature, and many which were false (compare notes on Mat 15:2), yet they doubtless had many that were true; (4) in referring to those traditions, there is no impropriety in supposing that Paul may have been guided by the Spirit of inspiration in selecting only those which were true; and, (5) nothing is more probable than what is here stated. If Moses sprinkled "the people;" if he read "the book of the law" then Exo 24:7, and if this was regarded as a solemn act of ratifying a covenant with God, nothing would be more natural than that he should sprinkle the book of the covenant, and even the tabernacle and its various sacred utensils. We are to remember also, that it was common among the Hebrews to sprinkle blood for the purpose of consecrating, or as an emblem of purifying. Thus, Aaron and his sons and their garments were sprinkled with blood when they were consecrated to the office of priests, Exo 29:19-21; the blood of sacrifices was sprinkled on the altar, Lev 1:5, Lev 1:11; Lev 3:2, Lev 3:13; and blood was sprinkled before the veil of the sanctuary, Lev 4:10, Lev 4:17; compare Lev 6:27; Lev 7:14. So Josephus speaks of the garments of Aaron and of his sons being sprinkled with "the blood of the slain beasts, and with spring water." "Having consecrated them and their garments," he says, "for seven days together, he did the same to the tabernacle, and the vessels thereto belonging, both with oil and with the blood of bulls and of rams." Ant. book iii, chapter 8, section 6. These circumstances show the strong "probability" of the truth of what is here affirmed by Paul, while it is impossible to prove that Moses did not sprinkle the book and the tabernacle in the manner stated. The mere omission by Moses cannot demonstrate that it was not done. On the phrase "the blood of calves and of goats," see note on Heb 9:12. With water - Agreeably to the declaration of Josephus that "spring water was used." In Lev 14:49-51, it is expressly mentioned that the blood of the bird that was killed to cleanse a house from the plague of leprosy should be shed over running water, and that the blood and the water should be sprinkled on the walls. It has been suggested also (see Bloomfield), that the use of water was necessary in order to prevent the blood from coagulating, or so as to make it possible to sprinkle it. And scarlet wool - Margin, "Purple." The word used here denotes crimson, or deep-scarlet. The colour was obtained from a small insect which was found adhering to the shoots of a species of oak in Spain and in Western Asia, of about the size of a pea. It was regarded as the most valuable of the colours for dyeing, and was very expensive. Why the wool used by Moses was of this colour is not known, unless it be because it was the most expensive of colours, and thus accorded with everything employed in the construction of the tabernacle and its utensils. Wool appears to have been used in order to absorb and retain the blood. And hyssop - That is, a bunch of hyssop intermingled with the wool, or so connected with it as to constitute a convenient instrument for sprinkling; compare Lev 14:51. Hyssop is a low shrub, regarded as one of the smallest of the plants, and hence, put in contrast with the cedar of Lebanon. It sprung out of the rocks or walls, Kg1 4:33, and was used for purposes of purification. The term seems to have comprised not only the common hyssop, but also lavender and other aromatic plants. Its fragrance, as well as its size, may have suggested the idea of using it in the sacred services of the tabernacle. And sprinkled both the book - This circumstance is not mentioned by Moses, but it has been shown above not to be improbable. Some expositors, however, in order to avoid the difficulty in the passage, have taken this in connection with the word λαβὼν labōn - rendered "he took" - meaning "taking the blood, and the book itself;" but the more natural and proper construction is, that the book was sprinkled with the blood. And all the people - Moses says, "and sprinkled it on the people;" Exo 24:8. We are not to suppose that either Moses or Paul designs to say that the blood was actually sprinkled on each one of the three millions of people in the wilderness, but the meaning doubtless is that the blood was sprinkled over the people, though in fact it might have fallen on a few. So a man now standing on an elevated place, and surrounded by a large assembly, if he should sprinkle water over them from the place where he stood, might be said to sprinkle it on the people, though in fact but few might have been touched by it. The act would be equally significant whether the emblem fell on few or many.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
The statement of Heb 9:18 historically confirmed by the story of the establishment of the law-covenant, Exodus 24. Of calves and goats (τῶν μόσχων καὶ τῶν τράγων) Not mentioned in the O.T. account. The goat was always for a sin-offering, and the sacrifices on this occasion were oxen, and are described as burnt offerings and sacrifices of peace, Exo 24:5. In the original covenant with Abraham a she-goat and a heifer are specially mentioned, Gen 15:9. Water, scarlet wool, hyssop - sprinkled the book (ὕδατος, ἐρίου κοκκίνου, ὑσσώπου αὐτό τε τὸ βιβλίον ἐράντισεν) None of these are mentioned in the O.T. account, which the writer appears to have filled up from the details of subsequent usage. Comp. the additions in Heb 9:5, Heb 9:10. It will also be observed that the sacrifices on the occasion of establishing the law covenant were not made according to the Mosaic ritual. They were offered, not by the priests, but by the young men, Exo 24:5. For κόκκινος scarlet, see on Mat 27:6. Ὕσσωπος hyssop appears in Exo 12:22; Lev 14:4, Lev 14:6, Lev 14:49; Num 19:6, Num 19:18; Psa 51:9; Joh 19:29. Mostly in connection with lustral ceremonies. The vexed question of the precise botanical character of the plant has never been decisively settled.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
He took the blood of calves - Or heifers. And of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop - All these circumstances are not particularly mentioned in that chapter of Exodus, but are supposed to be already known from other passages of Moses. And the book itself - Which contained all he had said. And sprinkled all the people - Who were near him. The blood was mixed with water to prevent its growing too stiff for sprinkling; perhaps also to typify that blood and water, Joh 19:34. Exo 24:7-8

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
When Moses had spoken every precept - The place to which the apostle alludes is Exo 24:4-8, where the reader is requested to consult the notes. And sprinkled both the book - The sprinkling of the book is not mentioned in the place to which the apostle refers, (see above), nor did it in fact take place. The words αυτο τε το βιβλιον, and the book itself, should be referred to λαβων, having taken, and not to ερῥαντισε, he sprinkled; the verse should therefore be read thus: For after every commandment of the law had been recited by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of the calves, and of the goats, with water and scarlet wool, and the book itself, and sprinkled all the people. The rite was performed thus: Having received the blood of the calves and goats into basins, and mingled it with water to prevent it from coagulating, he then took a bunch of hyssop, and having bound it together with thread made of scarlet wool, he dipped this in the basin, and sprinkled the blood and water upon the people who were nearest to him, and who might be considered on this occasion the representatives of all the rest; for it is impossible that he should have had blood enough to have sprinkled the whole of the congregation. Some think that the blood was actually sprinkled upon the book itself, which contained the written covenant, to signify that the covenant itself was ratified by the blood.

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¹² And [2532] I saw [1492] the dead [3498], small [3398] and [2532] great [3173], stand [2476] before [1799] God [2316]; and [2532] the books [975] were opened [455]: and [2532] another [243] book [975] was opened [455], which [3739] is [2076] the book of life [2222]: and [2532] the dead [3498] were judged [2919] out of [1537] those things which were written [1125] in [1722] the books [975], according to [2596] their [846] works [2041].

²³ It was therefore [3767] necessary [318] that the patterns [5262] of things [3303] in [1722] the heavens [3772] should be purified [2511] with these [5125]; but [1161] the heavenly things [2032] themselves [846] with better [2909] sacrifices [2378] than [3844] these [5025].

² Elect [1588] according [2596] to the foreknowledge [4268] of God [2316] the Father [3962], through [1722] sanctification [38] of the Spirit [4151], unto [1519] obedience [5218] and [2532] sprinkling [4473] of the blood [129] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547]: Grace [5485] unto you [5213], and [2532] peace [1515], be multiplied [4129].

²¹ Moreover [1161] [3668] he sprinkled [4472] with blood [129] both [2532] the tabernacle [4633], and [2532] all [3956] the vessels [4632] of the ministry [3009].

¹⁸ Come now [03212], and let us reason together [03198], saith [0559] the LORD [03068]: though your sins [02399] be as scarlet [08144], they shall be as white [03835] as snow [07950]; though they be red [0119] like crimson [08438], they shall be as wool [06785].

⁵ And he sent [07971] young men [05288] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930], and sacrificed [02076] peace [08002] offerings [02077] of oxen [06499] unto the LORD [03068].

³ And Moses [04872] came [0935] and told [05608] the people [05971] all the words [01697] of the LORD [03068], and all the judgments [04941]: and all the people [05971] answered [06030] with one [0259] voice [06963], and said [0559], All the words [01697] which the LORD [03068] hath said [01696] will we do [06213].

¹⁵ Having abolished [2673] in [1722] his [846] flesh [4561] the enmity [2189], even the law [3551] of commandments [1785] contained in [1722] ordinances [1378]; for to [2443] make [2936] in [1722] himself [1438] of twain [1417] one [1519] [1520] new [2537] man [444], so making [4160] peace [1515];

¹⁶ For [1063] where [3699] a testament [1242] is, there must also of necessity [318] be [5342] the death [2288] of the testator [1303].

⁸ And Moses [04872] took [03947] the blood [01818], and sprinkled [02236] it on the people [05971], and said [0559], Behold the blood [01818] of the covenant [01285], which the LORD [03068] hath made [03772] with you concerning all these words [01697].

³³ And he spake [01696] of trees [06086], from the cedar tree [0730] that is in Lebanon [03844] even unto the hyssop [0231] that springeth out [03318] of the wall [07023]: he spake [01696] also of beasts [0929], and of fowl [05775], and of creeping things [07431], and of fishes [01709].

⁵¹ And he shall take [03947] the cedar [0730] wood [06086], and the hyssop [0231], and the scarlet [08144] [08438], and the living [02416] bird [06833], and dip [02881] them in the blood [01818] of the slain [07819] bird [06833], and in the running [02416] water [04325], and sprinkle [05137] the house [01004] seven [07651] times [06471]:

⁴⁹ And he shall take [03947] to cleanse [02398] the house [01004] two [08147] birds [06833], and cedar [0730] wood [06086], and scarlet [08144] [08438], and hyssop [0231]:
⁵⁰ And he shall kill [07819] the one [0259] of the birds [06833] in an earthen [02789] vessel [03627] over running [02416] water [04325]:
⁵¹ And he shall take [03947] the cedar [0730] wood [06086], and the hyssop [0231], and the scarlet [08144] [08438], and the living [02416] bird [06833], and dip [02881] them in the blood [01818] of the slain [07819] bird [06833], and in the running [02416] water [04325], and sprinkle [05137] the house [01004] seven [07651] times [06471]:

¹² Neither [3761] by [1223] the blood [129] of goats [5131] and [2532] calves [3448], but [1161] by [1223] his own [2398] blood [129] he entered in [1525] once [2178] into [1519] the holy place [39], having obtained [2147] eternal [166] redemption [3085] for us.

¹⁴ And of it he shall offer [07126] one [0259] out of the whole oblation [07133] for an heave offering [08641] unto the LORD [03068], and it shall be the priest's [03548] that sprinkleth [02236] the blood [01818] of the peace offerings [08002].

²⁷ Whatsoever shall touch [05060] the flesh [01320] thereof shall be holy [06942]: and when there is sprinkled [05137] of the blood [01818] thereof upon any garment [0899], thou shalt wash [03526] that whereon it was sprinkled [05137] in the holy [06918] place [04725].

¹⁷ And the priest [03548] shall dip [02881] his finger [0676] in some of the blood [01818], and sprinkle [05137] it seven [07651] times [06471] before [06440] the LORD [03068], even before [06440] the vail [06532].

¹⁰ As it was taken off [07311] from the bullock [07794] of the sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002]: and the priest [03548] shall burn [06999] them upon the altar [04196] of the burnt offering [05930].

¹³ And he shall lay [05564] his hand [03027] upon the head [07218] of it, and kill [07819] it before [06440] the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]: and the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175] shall sprinkle [02236] the blood [01818] thereof upon the altar [04196] round about [05439].

² And he shall lay [05564] his hand [03027] upon the head [07218] of his offering [07133], and kill [07819] it at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]: and Aaron's [0175] sons [01121] the priests [03548] shall sprinkle [02236] the blood [01818] upon the altar [04196] round about [05439].

¹¹ And he shall kill [07819] it on the side [03409] of the altar [04196] northward [06828] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and the priests [03548], Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], shall sprinkle [02236] his blood [01818] round about [05439] upon the altar [04196].

⁵ And he shall kill [07819] the bullock [01121] [01241] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and the priests [03548], Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], shall bring [07126] the blood [01818], and sprinkle [02236] the blood [01818] round about [05439] upon the altar [04196] that is by the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].

¹⁹ And thou shalt take [03947] the other [08145] ram [0352]; and Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] shall put [05564] their hands [03027] upon the head [07218] of the ram [0352].
²⁰ Then shalt thou kill [07819] the ram [0352], and take [03947] of his blood [01818], and put [05414] it upon the tip [08571] of the right ear [0241] of Aaron [0175], and upon the tip [08571] of the right [03233] ear [0241] of his sons [01121], and upon the thumb [0931] of their right [03233] hand [03027], and upon the great toe [0931] of their right [03233] foot [07272], and sprinkle [02236] the blood [01818] upon the altar [04196] round about [05439].
²¹ And thou shalt take [03947] of the blood [01818] that is upon the altar [04196], and of the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and sprinkle [05137] it upon Aaron [0175], and upon his garments [0899], and upon his sons [01121], and upon the garments [0899] of his sons [01121] with him: and he shall be hallowed [06942], and his garments [0899], and his sons [01121], and his sons [01121]' garments [0899] with him.

² Why [1302] do thy [4675] disciples [3101] transgress [3845] the tradition [3862] of the elders [4245]? for [1063] they wash [3538] not [3756] their [846] hands [5495] when [3752] they eat [2068] bread [740].

²⁹ Now [3767] there was set [2749] a vessel [4632] full [3324] of vinegar [3690]: and [1161] they filled [4130] a spunge [4699] with vinegar [3690], and [2532] put it upon [4060] hyssop [5301], and put [4374] it to his [846] mouth [4750].

⁹ Hide [05641] thy face [06440] from my sins [02399], and blot out [04229] all mine iniquities [05771].

¹⁸ And a clean [02889] person [0376] shall take [03947] hyssop [0231], and dip [02881] it in the water [04325], and sprinkle [05137] it upon the tent [0168], and upon all the vessels [03627], and upon the persons [05315] that were there, and upon him that touched [05060] a bone [06106], or one slain [02491], or one dead [04191], or a grave [06913]:

⁶ And the priest [03548] shall take [03947] cedar [0730] wood [06086], and hyssop [0231], and scarlet [08438] [08144], and cast [07993] it into the midst [08432] of the burning [08316] of the heifer [06510].

⁴⁹ And he shall take [03947] to cleanse [02398] the house [01004] two [08147] birds [06833], and cedar [0730] wood [06086], and scarlet [08144] [08438], and hyssop [0231]:

⁶ As for the living [02416] bird [06833], he shall take [03947] it, and the cedar [0730] wood [06086], and the scarlet [08144] [08438], and the hyssop [0231], and shall dip [02881] them and the living [02416] bird [06833] in the blood [01818] of the bird [06833] that was killed [07819] over the running [02416] water [04325]:

⁴ Then shall the priest [03548] command [06680] to take [03947] for him that is to be cleansed [02891] two [08147] birds [06833] alive [02416] and clean [02889], and cedar [0730] wood [06086], and scarlet [08144] [08438], and hyssop [0231]:

²² And ye shall take [03947] a bunch [092] of hyssop [0231], and dip [02881] it in the blood [01818] that is in the bason [05592], and strike [05060] the lintel [04947] and the two [08147] side posts [04201] with the blood [01818] that is in the bason [05592]; and none [0376] of you shall go out [03318] at the door [06607] of his house [01004] until the morning [01242].

⁶ And [1161] the chief priests [749] took [2983] the silver pieces [694], and said [2036], It is [1832] not [3756] lawful [1832] for to put [906] them [846] into [1519] the treasury [2878], because [1893] it is [2076] the price [5092] of blood [129].

¹⁰ Which stood only [3440] in [1909] meats [1033] and [2532] drinks [4188], and [2532] divers [1313] washings [909], and [2532] carnal [4561] ordinances [1345], imposed [1945] on them until [3360] the time [2540] of reformation [1357].

⁵ And [1161] over [5231] it [846] the cherubims [5502] of glory [1391] shadowing [2683] the mercyseat [2435]; of [4012] which [3739] we cannot [3756] [2076] now [3568] speak [3004] particularly [2596] [3313].

⁹ And he said [0559] unto him, Take [03947] me an heifer [05697] of three years old [08027], and a she goat [05795] of three years old [08027], and a ram [0352] of three years old [08027], and a turtledove [08449], and a young pigeon [01469].

¹⁸ Whereupon [3606] neither [3761] the first [4413] testament was dedicated [1457] without [5565] blood [129].

⁷ And he took [03947] the book [05612] of the covenant [01285], and read [07121] in the audience [0241] of the people [05971]: and they said [0559], All that the LORD [03068] hath said [01696] will we do [06213], and be obedient [08085].
⁸ And Moses [04872] took [03947] the blood [01818], and sprinkled [02236] it on the people [05971], and said [0559], Behold the blood [01818] of the covenant [01285], which the LORD [03068] hath made [03772] with you concerning all these words [01697].

³⁴ But [235] one [1520] of the soldiers [4757] with a spear [3057] pierced [3572] his [846] side [4125], and [2532] forthwith [2117] came there out [1831] blood [129] and [2532] water [5204].

⁴ And Moses [04872] wrote [03789] all the words [01697] of the LORD [03068], and rose up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and builded [01129] an altar [04196] under the hill [02022], and twelve pillars [04676], according to the twelve [08147] [06240] tribes [07626] of Israel [03478].
⁵ And he sent [07971] young men [05288] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930], and sacrificed [02076] peace [08002] offerings [02077] of oxen [06499] unto the LORD [03068].
⁶ And Moses [04872] took [03947] half [02677] of the blood [01818], and put [07760] it in basons [0101]; and half [02677] of the blood [01818] he sprinkled [02236] on the altar [04196].
⁷ And he took [03947] the book [05612] of the covenant [01285], and read [07121] in the audience [0241] of the people [05971]: and they said [0559], All that the LORD [03068] hath said [01696] will we do [06213], and be obedient [08085].
⁸ And Moses [04872] took [03947] the blood [01818], and sprinkled [02236] it on the people [05971], and said [0559], Behold the blood [01818] of the covenant [01285], which the LORD [03068] hath made [03772] with you concerning all these words [01697].