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Hebrews 9:20 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 9 · verse 20
Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.Hebrews 9:20 · King James Version
Hebrews 9:20 in context
18Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19For 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,
20Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
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Key words (Strong's)
- testamentdiathēkēa disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last…G1242 →
- enjoinedentellōto order, command to be done, enjoinG1781 →
- Sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- bloodhaimablood, of man or animals, refers to the seat of life, of those things that resemble…G129 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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In these verses the apostle considers the gospel under the notion of a will or testament, the new or last will and testament of Christ, and shows the necessity and efficacy of the blood of Christ to make this testament valid and effectual. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-22