Hebrews 9:20
New International Version
He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

New Living Translation
Then he said, “This blood confirms the covenant God has made with you.”

English Standard Version
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.”

Berean Standard Bible
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

Berean Literal Bible
saying, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God commanded unto you."

King James Bible
Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

New King James Version
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”

New American Standard Bible
saying, “THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD COMMANDED YOU.”

NASB 1995
saying, “THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD COMMANDED YOU.”

NASB 1977
saying, “THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD COMMANDED YOU.”

Legacy Standard Bible
saying, “THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD COMMANDED YOU.”

Amplified Bible
saying, “THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT [that seals and ratifies the agreement] WHICH GOD ORDAINED and COMMANDED [me to deliver to] YOU.”

Christian Standard Bible
saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God has ordained for you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you.

American Standard Version
saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said to them, “This is the blood of The Covenant which was commanded you by God.”

Contemporary English Version
He told the people, "With this blood God makes his agreement with you."

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: This is the blood of the testament, which God hath enjoined unto you.

English Revised Version
saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He said, "Here is the blood that seals the promise God has made to you."

Good News Translation
He said, "This is the blood which seals the covenant that God has commanded you to obey."

International Standard Version
saying, "This is the blood of the covenant that God ordained for you."

Literal Standard Version
saying, “This [is] the blood of the covenant that God enjoined to you,”

Majority Standard Bible
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

New American Bible
saying, “This is ‘the blood of the covenant which God has enjoined upon you.’ ”

NET Bible
and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep."

New Revised Standard Version
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has ordained for you.”

New Heart English Bible
saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you."

Webster's Bible Translation
Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined to you.

Weymouth New Testament
saying, "This is the blood which confirms the Covenant that God has made binding upon you."

World English Bible
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”

Young's Literal Translation
saying, 'This is the blood of the covenant that God enjoined unto you,'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Redemption through His Blood
19For 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, 20saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.” 21In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.…

Cross References
Exodus 24:8
So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words."

Matthew 26:28
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.


Treasury of Scripture

Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God has enjoined to you.

This.

Hebrews 13:20
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

Zechariah 9:11
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.

Matthew 26:28
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

testament.

Hebrews 9:16
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

Hebrews 9:17
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

See on

Deuteronomy 29:12
That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

Joshua 9:6
And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.

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Hebrews 9
1. The description of the rites and sacrifices of the law;
11. which are far inferior to the dignity and perfection of the sacrifice of Christ.














(20) The testament which God hath enjoined unto you.--Better, the covenant which God commanded in regard to you. "Commanded," see Hebrews 8:6 : in the LXX. the word is "covenanted."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
saying,
λέγων (legōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“This [is]
Τοῦτο (Touto)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

blood
αἷμα (haima)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.

of the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

covenant,
διαθήκης (diathēkēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1242: From diatithemai; properly, a disposition, i.e. a contract.

which
ἧς (hēs)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

God
Θεός (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

has commanded
ἐνετείλατο (eneteilato)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1781: To give orders (injunctions, instructions, commands). From en and the base of telos; to enjoin.

you [to keep].”
ὑμᾶς (hymas)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.


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