Hebrews 9:15-20 He mediates a new covenant for this reason, that those who have been called may obtain the eternal inheritance they have been promised, now that a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions involved in the first covenant.

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ He mediates a new covenant for this reason, that those who have been called may obtain the eternal inheritance they have been promised, now that a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions involved in the first covenant. ¹⁶ Thus, in the case of a will, the death of the testator must be announced. ¹⁷ A will only holds in cases of death; it is never valid so long as the testator is alive. ¹⁸ Hence even the first covenant of God's will was not inaugurated apart from blood; ¹⁹ for after Moses had announced every command in the Law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, together with water, scarlet wool and hyssop, sprinkling the book and all the people, ²⁰ and saying, This is the blood of that covenant which is God's command for you.