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18 Blood was also used[a] to put the first agreement into effect. 19 (A) Moses told the people all the Law said they must do. Then he used red wool and a hyssop plant to sprinkle the people and the book of the Law with the blood of bulls and goats[b] and with water. 20 He told the people, “With this blood God makes his agreement with you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 9.18 Blood was also used: Or “There also had to be a death.”
  2. 9.19 blood of bulls and goats: Some manuscripts do not have “and goats.”

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