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Hebrews 9:17

Tree of Life Version

For a covenant is secured upon the basis of dead bodies, since it has no strength as long as the one who made it lives.

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Then 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.

“Shalom I leave you, My shalom I give to you; but not as the world gives! Do not let your heart be troubled or afraid.

Brothers and sisters, I speak in human terms: even with a man’s covenant, once it has been confirmed, no one cancels it or adds to it.

For where there is a covenant, the death of the one who made it must be established.

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