Hebrews 9:17 KJV
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Hebrews 9:15–19 KJV Chapter Context
15
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
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For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
18
Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,