¹⁵ For this reason ^(A)He is the ^(B)mediator of a ^(C)new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the violations that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been ^(D)called may ^(E)receive the promise of ^(F)the eternal inheritance. ¹⁶ For where there is a ^[a]covenant, there must of necessity ^[b]be the death of the one who made it. ¹⁷ For a ^[c]covenant is valid only when people are dead, ^[d]for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. ¹⁸ Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood. ¹⁹ For when every commandment had been ^(G)spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, ^(H)he took the ^(I)blood of the calves and the goats, with ^(J)water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both ^(K)the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying, “^(L)This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.” ²¹ And in the same way he ^(M)sprinkled both the ^[e]tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. ²² And ^(N)almost all things are cleansed with blood, according to the Law, and ^(O)without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.