Hebrews 9:15-23 Therefore, Christ is the Mediator of a New Agreement, so that all those people who have been called by God can receive the promise of the never ending inheritance. This is possible because a death has taken place for the redemption of people’s sins who lived under the first Agreement.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ Therefore, Christ is the Mediator of a New Agreement, so that [all] those people who have been called [by God] can receive the promise of the never ending inheritance. [This is possible because] a death has taken place for the redemption of [people’s] sins who lived under the first Agreement. ¹⁶ For where a will exists, it is necessary to prove the death of the person who made it [i.e., in order to benefit by its provisions]. ¹⁷ For a will is in force [only] when there has been a death; for it is not in effect as long as the one who made it is [still] alive. ¹⁸ Therefore, even the first Agreement was not ratified without blood [i.e., without a death taking place]. ¹⁹ For after Moses had declared every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats and [mixed it] with water, then sprinkled both the scroll [of the Agreement] and all the people with a hyssop branch covered by red wool [dipped in the mixture]. ²⁰ He said [Ex. 29:8], “This is the blood of the Agreement, which God commanded you [to observe].” ²¹ In the same way he also sprinkled blood on the Tabernacle and all of the utensils used in its ministry. ²² And, according to the law of Moses, almost everything is [ceremonially] cleansed by blood, for there is no forgiveness [of sins] apart from the shedding of blood. ²³ Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things [i.e., the Tabernacle, its furniture and utensils, etc.] to be [ceremonially] cleansed by these things [i.e., the blood of animal sacrifices], but the heavenly things themselves [i.e., the church, both on earth and in heaven] require better sacrifices than these [i.e., the sacrifice of Christ].