Hebrews 9:16-19

9:16 For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven. ¹  9:17 For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive. 9:18 So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. ²  9:19 For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

[9:16]  ¹ tn Grk “there is a necessity for the death of the one who made it to be proven.”

[9:18]  ² sn The Greek text reinforces this by negating the opposite (“not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood”), but this double negation is not used in contemporary English.