Heb 9:21 | RWP | e4.org | In like manner with the blood ( τω αιματ ομοιως ). Instrumental case of αιμα (blood). But the use of the article does not necessarily refer to the blood mentioned in verse . In Moses sprinkled the tabernacle with oil. It had not been erected at the time of . Josephus ( Ant . III. 8, 6) gives a tradition that blood was used also at this dedication. Blood was used annually in the cleansing rites on the day of atonement.

‏ Hebrews 9:21

In like manner with the blood ( τω αιματ ομοιως ). Instrumental case of αιμα (blood). But the use of the article does not necessarily refer to the blood mentioned in verse 19. In Ex 40:9 Moses sprinkled the tabernacle with oil. It had not been erected at the time of Ex 24:5f. Josephus (Ant. III. 8, 6) gives a tradition that blood was used also at this dedication. Blood was used annually in the cleansing rites on the day of atonement.