Hebrews 9:19
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,
Cross-references
Hebrews 9:12 contrasts Christ's own blood with the blood of goats and calves used here, highlighting the superiority of Christ's sacrifice.
Hebrews 12:24 later refers to 'the blood of sprinkling' — directly building on this imagery of sprinkled blood.
Hebrews 10:4 states that the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins, exposing the limitation of the sacrifices described here.
Hebrews 13:12 speaks of Jesus' blood sanctifying the people, fulfilling the covenant blood typology foreshadowed here.
Hebrews 11:28 recalls the Passover blood sprinkling, another OT blood ritual that parallels the covenant ratification here.
In Hebrews 10:22, the same sprinkling and washing imagery is applied to believers' hearts, connecting OT ritual to NT faith.
Exodus 24:5 records the burnt offerings and peace offerings whose blood Moses later uses for sprinkling in this event.
1 Peter 1:2 refers to 'sprinkling by the blood of Jesus' — applying this old covenant imagery to believers.
Leviticus 16:14-18 prescribes sprinkling blood of bull and goat on the Day of Atonement—the same two animals used in this purification.
Leviticus 14:4-6 uses hyssop, scarlet yarn, and fresh water for cleansing a leper—these three items appear together again in this verse.
Exodus 24:8 is the original covenant ratification where Moses sprinkled blood on the people — Hebrews 9:19 recounts that event.
Exodus 24:6 shows Moses taking half the blood to basins, the precise act summarized here.
In Leviticus 14:7, the same hyssop, scarlet wool, and blood are used for cleansing leprosy, echoing the covenant purification ritual.
Numbers 19:6 has hyssop and scarlet thread thrown into the red heifer burning—two items included in the sprinkling materials here.
Deuteronomy 4:13 records the covenant terms on stone tablets—the same covenant Moses read and ratified here.
Deuteronomy 5:2 mentions the covenant at Horeb, which is the covenant being ratified with blood in the main verse.
Psalm 51:7 uses hyssop metaphorically for inner cleansing — echoing the purifying symbolism of hyssop here.
Ezekiel 36:25 promises God will sprinkle clean water for spiritual cleansing — a parallel to the water and blood sprinkling here.
Exodus 12:22 shows the same use of hyssop to apply blood, but for Passover protection — a different purification ritual.
Numbers 19:18 also uses hyssop and water for cleansing from corpse impurity — the same ritual elements in a different context.
Leviticus 14:49-52 uses hyssop and scarlet yarn in purifying a house—similar elements but applied to a different context.