Cross References

Hebrews 9:17

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in effect while the one who made it is living.

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Israel said to Joseph, ‘Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers.

Brothers and sisters, I’m using a human illustration. No one sets aside or makes additions to a validated human will.

‘Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.

Where a will exists, the death of the one who made it must be established.

That is why even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.