^{15 Ref} And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

¹⁶ Because where there is a testament, there has to be the death of the man who made it.

^{17 Ref} For a testament has effect after death; for what power has it while the man who made it is living?

^{18 Ref} So that even the first agreement was not made without blood.

^{15 Ref} And because of this, of a new covenant he is mediator, that, death having come, for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those called may receive the promise of the age-during inheritance,

¹⁶ for where a covenant `is', the death of the covenant-victim to come in is necessary,

^{17 Ref} for a covenant over dead victims `is' stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth,

^{18 Ref} whence not even the first apart from blood hath been initiated,

^{15 Ref} For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

¹⁶ For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.

^{17 Ref} For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.

^{18 Ref} Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood.