OET interlinear HEB 9:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

λέγων

saying

The author quotes from the Old Testament Scriptures. He does not introduce the words as a quotation but instead introduces them as something that Moses said to the people. However, he assumes that his audience would have understood that these were words from the Old Testament, specifically from [Exodus 24:8](../../exo/24/08.md). If your readers would not know that the quotation is from the Old Testament, you could include that information in a footnote or use some other means to identify it more explicitly. Alternate translation: [saying, as the Scriptures record]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

τοῦτο

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: λέγων Τοῦτο τό αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης ἧς ἐνετείλατο πρός ὑμᾶς ὁ Θεός)

The word This refers to the blood that Moses “sprinkled” (See: [9:19](../09/19.md)). If it would be helpful in your language, you could make explicit that the pronoun refers to the blood. Alternate translation: [This blood is] or [What I have sprinkled is]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: λέγων Τοῦτο τό αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης ἧς ἐνετείλατο πρός ὑμᾶς ὁ Θεός)

The author uses the possessive form to describe how the blood inaugurates or confirms the covenant. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea without using a possessive form. Alternate translation: [the blood that confirms the covenant] or [the blood that inaugurates the covenant]

ἐνετείλατο πρὸς ὑμᾶς

commanded (Some words not found in SR-GNT: λέγων Τοῦτο τό αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης ἧς ἐνετείλατο πρός ὑμᾶς ὁ Θεός)

Alternate translation: [commanded you to keep]