13 If the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkled ashes of cows made spiritually contaminated people holy and clean,
14 how much more will the blood of Jesus wash our consciences clean from dead works in order to serve the living God? He offered himself to God through the eternal Spirit as a sacrifice without any flaw.
15 This is why he’s the mediator of a new covenant (which is a will): so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance on the basis of his death. His death occurred to set them free from the offenses committed under the first covenant.
16 When there is a will, you need to confirm the death of the one who made the will.
17 This is because a will takes effect only after a death, since it’s not in force while the one who made the will is alive.
18 So not even the first covenant was put into effect without blood.
19 Moses took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the Law scroll itself and all the people after he had proclaimed every command of the Law to all the people.