Hebrews 9:19

17 For ^aa testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives.

18 ^aTherefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

19 For when Moses had spoken every¹ precept to all the people according to the law, ^ahe took the blood of calves and goats, ^bwith water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

20 saying, ^a“This is the ^bblood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”

21 Then likewise ^ahe sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry.

22 And according to the law almost all things are¹ purified with blood, and ^awithout shedding of blood there is no² remission.

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23 Therefore it was necessary that ^athe copies of the things in the heavens should be¹ purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

24 For ^aChrist has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are¹ copies of ^bthe true, but into heaven itself, now ^cto appear in the presence of God for us;

25 not that He should offer Himself often, as ^athe high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another—

26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

27 ^aAnd as it is appointed for men to die once, ^bbut after this the judgment,

28 so ^aChrist was ^boffered once to bear the sins ^cof many. To those who ^deagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Hebrews 9:19

When Moses had spoken every precept - The place to which the apostle alludes is Exodus 24:4-8, where the reader is requested to consult the notes.

And sprinkled both the book - The sprinkling of the book is not mentioned in the place to which the apostle refers, (see above), nor did it in fact take place. The words , and the book itself, should be referred to , having taken, and not to ̔ , he sprinkled; the verse should therefore be read thus: For after every commandment of the law had been recited by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of the calves, and of the goats, with water and scarlet wool, and the book itself, and sprinkled all the people. The rite was performed thus: Having received the blood of the calves and goats into basins, and mingled it with water to prevent it from coagulating, he then took a bunch of hyssop, and having bound it together with thread made of scarlet wool, he dipped this in the basin, and sprinkled the blood and water upon the people who were nearest to him, and who might be considered on this occasion the representatives of all the rest; for it is impossible that he should have had blood enough to have sprinkled the whole of the congregation.

Some think that the blood was actually sprinkled upon the book itself, which contained the written covenant, to signify that the covenant itself was ratified by the blood.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing Hebrews 9:19:

Exodus 24:5
Hebrews 9:28

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