Take bunches of hyssop [71] and dip them in the bowls filled with blood. Paint the blood on the sides and tops of the door frames. No one must leave his house until morning.
Hebrews 9:18 - Easy To Read Version It is the same with the first agreement \{between God and his people\}. There had to be blood (death) before the agreement could be made good. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Take bunches of hyssop [71] and dip them in the bowls filled with blood. Paint the blood on the sides and tops of the door frames. No one must leave his house until morning.
Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons close {to the altar}. Moses put some of the blood on the tip of their right ears, on the thumb of their right hands, and on the big toe of their right feet. Then Moses sprinkled the blood around on the altar. [96]
So surely the blood of Christ can do much, much more. Christ offered himself through the eternal Spirit {\cf2\super [106]} as a perfect sacrifice {\cf2\super [107]} to God. His blood will make us fully clean from the evil things we have done. His blood will make us pure even in our hearts. We are made pure so that we can worship (serve) the living God.
A will means nothing while the man who wrote it is still living. The will can be used only after the man dies.
First, Moses {\cf2\super [111]} told all the people every commandment in the law. Then Moses took the blood of calves and mixed it with water. Then he used red wool and a branch of hyssop {\cf2\super [112]} to sprinkle the blood and water on the book of the law and on all the people.
The law says that almost everything must be made clean by blood. And sins cannot be forgiven without blood (death).