Hebrews 9:18

18 Therefore not even the first [covenant] was ratified without blood.

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 where [there is] a will, [it is] a necessity [for] the death of the one who made the will to be established.

17 For a will [is] in force concerning those who are dead, since [it is] never in force when the one who made the will is alive.

18 Therefore not even the first [covenant] was ratified without blood.

19 For [when] every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, [he] took the blood of calves with water and scarlet wool and hyssop [and] sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,

20 saying, "This [is] the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you."