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Hebrews 9:19

For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

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ASV

For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

KJV

For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

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λαληθείσηςlalētheisēsWhen was being spokenG2980 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
πάσηςpasēseveryG3956 →
ἐντολῆςentolēscommandmentG1785 →
κατὰkataaccording toG2596 →
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νόμονnomonlawG3551 →
ὑπὸhupounderG5259 →
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λαῷ,laōpeople,G2992 →
λαβὼνlabōnhaving takenG2983 →
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αἷμαhaimabloodG129 →
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μόσχωνmoschōnof calvesG3448 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
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τράγωνtragōnof goatsG5131 →
μετὰmetawithG3326 →
ὕδατοςhudatoswaterG5204 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐρίουeriouwoolG2053 →
κοκκίνουkokkinouscarletG2847 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ὑσσώπου,hussōpouhyssop,G5301 →
αὐτόautoitselfG846 →
τεtebothG5037 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
βιβλίονbiblionbookG975 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
πάνταpantaallG3956 →
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λαὸνlaonpeopleG2992 →
ἐρράντισενerrantisenhe sprinkledG4472 →

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Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.Exodus 24:5–11Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.Hebrews 11:28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.Hebrews 9:12He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.Numbers 19:6The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.Hebrews 10:4because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.Numbers 19:18Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.John 2:6Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.Joshua 2:18unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.Leviticus 14:4the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.Leviticus 16:14–18And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.Leviticus 14:4–7the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.Leviticus 14:7Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.Exodus 12:22Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.Leviticus 1:2–3“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.Leviticus 3:6If, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.

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