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Hebrews 9:20

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This: Hebrews 13:20; Zechariah 9:11; Matthew 26:28

testament: Rather, covenant. Hebrews 9:16 and Hebrews 9:17 may be better rendered, "For where a covenant is, there must necessarily be the death of that by which it is confirmed; for a covenant is confirmed over dead victims, and does not avail while that by which it is confirmed liveth." Deuteronomy 29:12; Joshua 9:6

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