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Hebrews 9:19
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author addresses Jewish Christians about the ratification of the first covenant. The narrative moment recalls Moses addressing the Israelites at Sinai after receiving the Law.
The words — λαληθείσης (lalētheisēs) denotes a completed action of speaking or proclaiming. ἐντολῆς (entolēs) specifies the individual commands that constitute the law.
The thread — The text describes Moses sprinkling blood, water, and hyssop on a scroll and the people. This ritual pattern runs through Exodus 24:5; Numbers 19:6; Numbers 19:18.
Why it lands — The text states that covenant establishment required blood application to both document and community. It asks the reader to recognize the structural pattern of mediation and consecration without adding ritual or devotional embellishment.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
Cross-references
- Exodus 24:5 Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
- Numbers 19:6 The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.
- Numbers 19:18 Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.
- Ezekiel 36:25 I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Hebrews 9:12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 10:4 because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
- Leviticus 14:4 the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
- Leviticus 16:14 And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.
- 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
- Exodus 12:22 Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.