⁵ Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings^(A) and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings^(B) to the Lord. ⁶ Moses^(C) took half of the blood^(D) and put it in bowls, and the other half he splashed^(E) against the altar. ⁷ Then he took the Book of the Covenant^(F) and read it to the people. They responded, “We will do everything the Lord has said; we will obey.”^(G)

⁸ Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people^(H) and said, “This is the blood of the covenant^(I) that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

⁶ He is then to take the live bird and dip it, together with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.^(A)

⁷ Seven times^(A) he shall sprinkle^(B) the one to be cleansed of the defiling disease, and then pronounce them clean. After that, he is to release the live bird in the open fields.^(C)

¹² He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves;^(A) but he entered the Most Holy Place^(B) once for all^(C) by his own blood,^(D) thus obtaining^[a] eternal redemption. ¹³ The blood of goats and bulls^(E) and the ashes of a heifer^(F) sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. ¹⁴ How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit^(G) offered himself^(H) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences^(I) from acts that lead to death,^[b](J) so that we may serve the living God!^(K)

¹⁹ When Moses had proclaimed^(A) every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves,^(B) together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people.^{(C) 20} He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”^{[a](D) 21} In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. ²² In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood,^(E) and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.^(F)