the first.

Hebrews 8:7-9
For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second. . . .

Exodus 12:22
Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the top and the two sideposts of the doorframe with some of the blood. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.

Exodus 24:3-8
When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: "All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do." . . .

dedicated.

Hebrews 9:14, 22
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! . . .