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Hebrews 9:20

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

KJV

λέγων, τοῦτο τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης ἧς ἐνετείλατο πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὁ θεός·

Greek NT

dicens : Hic sanguis testamenti, quod mandavit ad vos Deus.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἷμα
aima
noun · 97×
διαθήκη
diatheke
noun · 33×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἐντέλλομαι
entellomai
verb · 16×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Exod 24:8 · exact_quote
    "And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words."
    Exodus: this is the blood of the covenant — Mosaic inauguration

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 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:
  • Exod 24:8 — And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
  • Heb 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,
  • Heb 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,
  • Josh 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.
  • Matt 26:28 — For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
  • Zech 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.