Hebrews 9:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So even the [old] first covenant (God's will) was not inaugurated and ratified and put in force without the shedding of blood.

American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood.

Common English Bible

So not even the first covenant was put into effect without blood.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, indeed, the first was not dedicated without blood.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Whereupon neither was the first indeed dedicated without blood.

Hebrews 9:18 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 12:22

Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it in the blood  that is in the basin, and brush the lintel and the two doorposts with some of the blood in the basin. None of you may go out of the door of his house until morning.

Leviticus 8:24

Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then Moses splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit  offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our  consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?

Hebrews 9:17

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

Hebrews 9:19

For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats,  along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,

Hebrews 9:22

According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.