Hebrews 9:20
Good News Translation
He said, "This is the blood which seals the covenant that God has commanded you to obey."

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

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

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

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

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Saying: This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

This.

Hebrews 13:20 And may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great pastor of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the blood of the everlasting testament,

Zechariah 9:11 Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast 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 shall be shed for many unto remission of sins.

testament.

Hebrews 9:16 For where there is a testament the death of the testator must of necessity come in.

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Hebrews 9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is as yet of no strength, whilst the testator liveth.

, may be better rendered, 'For where a covenant is, there must necessarily be the death of that by which it is confirmed; for a covenant is confirmed over dead victims, and does not avail while that by which it is confirmed liveth.'

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Deuteronomy 29:12 That thou mayst pass in the covenant of the Lord thy God, and in the oath which this day the Lord thy God maketh with thee.

Joshua 9:6 And they went to Joshua, who then abode in the camp at Galgal, and said to him, and to all Israel with him: We are come from a far country, desiring to make peace with you. And the children of Israel answered them, and said:

Context
Redemption through His Blood
19For when every commandment of the law had been read by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people. 20Saying: This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21The tabernacle also and all the vessels of the ministry, in like manner, he sprinkled with blood.…
Cross References
Exodus 24:8
And he took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and he said: This is the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these words.

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

Hebrews 9:19
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