Hebrews 9:19

"Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood."

Key Reflection

This verse emphasizes that the Old Covenant was ratified through the shedding of animal血,表明在旧约中,只有通过牲畜的流血献祭才能正式确立和确认约的效力。blood, symbolizing the sacrificial system and its necessity for atonement, underscores the seriousness and divine nature of the covenant.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 19. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people. When he had recited all the law, and had given all the commandments entrusted Him to deliver, Ex 24:8 He took the blood of calves and of goats. This passage has given great perplexity to commentators from the fact that Moses, in his account of the transactions connected with the ratification of the covenant with the people, Ex 24:3 mentions only a part of the circumstances here referred to. He says nothing of the blood of calves and of goats; nothing of water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop; nothing of sprinkling the book, the tabernacle, or the vessels of the ministry.

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