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And, for this cause, of a new covenant, is he mediator, - to the end that, death coming to pass for the redemption of the transgressions against the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the age-abiding inheritance;

For, where a covenant is, it is necessary for, the death, to be brought in, of him that hath covenanted;

For, a covenant over dead persons, is firm, - since it is not then of force when he is living that hath covenanted.

Whence, not even the first, apart from blood, hath been consecrated;

For, when every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses unto all the people, taking the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, both, the scroll itself, and all the people, he sprinkled;

Saying - This, is the blood of the covenant which, God, hath sent in command unto you:

Yea, the tent also, and all the utensils of the public ministry, with blood, in like manner, he sprinkled:

And, nearly, all things, with blood, are purified, according to the law, and, apart from blood-shedding, cometh no remission.