King James Version with Apocrypha
"For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator."
— Hebrews 9:16, King James Version with Apocrypha
“For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.”
“For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it. ”
“For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.”
“For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven.”
“For where there is a testament the death of the testator must of necessity come in.”
“Because where there is a testament, there has to be the death of the man who made it.”
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
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,