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15 And for this cause he is the mediator of a new [a]covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first [b]covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. 16 For where a [c]testament is, there must of necessity [d]be the death of him that made it. 17 For a [e]testament is of force [f]where there hath been death: [g]for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.

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  1. Hebrews 9:15 The Greek word here used signifies both covenant and testament.
  2. Hebrews 9:15 The Greek word here used signifies both covenant and testament.
  3. Hebrews 9:16 The Greek word here used signifies both covenant and testament.
  4. Hebrews 9:16 Greek be brought.
  5. Hebrews 9:17 The Greek word here used signifies both covenant and testament.
  6. Hebrews 9:17 Greek over the dead.
  7. Hebrews 9:17 Or, for doth it ever . . . liveth?