Hebrews 9:18-23 Therefore, even the first Agreement was not ratified without blood i.e., without a death taking place.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ 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].