Hebrews 9:18

18 For which cause also nether that fyrst testament was ordeyned with out bloud.

Hebrews 9:18 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 9:18

Whereupon neither the first testament
Or the first administration of the covenant of grace under the law:

was dedicated without blood;
or "confirmed" without it, that dispensation being a typical one; and that blood was typical of the blood of Christ, by which the new covenant or testament is ratified; see ( Exodus 24:7 Exodus 24:8 ) .

Hebrews 9:18 In-Context

16 For whersoever is a testament there must also be the deeth of him that maketh the testament.

17 For the testament taketh auctoritie when men are deed: For it is of no value as longe as he that made it is alive.

18 For which cause also nether that fyrst testament was ordeyned with out bloud.

19 For when all the commaundementes were redde of Moses vnto all the people he toke ye bloud of calves and of Gotes with water and purple woll and ysope and sprynkled both the boke and all the people

20 sayinge: this is the bloud of the testament which god hath apoynted vnto you.