16 For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be established.
17 For a will is in force only when somebody has died, since it never takes effect as long as the one who made it is alive.
18 This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.
19 For after every commandment in the law had been spoken to all the people by Moses, he took the blood of calves and goats, together with some water, scarlet wool, and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
20 saying, "This is the blood of the covenant that God ordained for you."