15 And, for this reason, he is mediator of the new institution, that, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first institution, those who had been called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
16 Now, where there is such an institution, the death of the instituted sacrifice must necessarily intervene:
17 for since the institution is ratified over the dead, it has no force while the instituted sacrifice lives.