16. For where there is a will, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17. For a will has force after men are dead, since it has no force at all while the testator lives.
18. So not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood.
19. For when Moses had taught every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book and all the people,