13. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,
14. how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God?
15. Therefore, He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
16. Where a will exists, the death of the one who made it must be established.
17. For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in force while the one who made it is living.
18. That is why even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.
19. For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,
20. saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you.
21. In the same way, he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the articles of worship with blood.