Matthew Poole and continuators on Hebrews 9:18

18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

For as much as all Testaments are put in force by the Death of the Testator, and all Covenants are most strongly confirmed by Death and Blood in God's own Judgment, thence it is that the Mosaical Covenant was confirmed by them.

[non-Latin text not transcribed] strictly taken, signifyeth made now, or renewed. It is not used in the New Testament but in this place, and chap. 10.20. the Syr. translate it here confirm'd, or ratified. In the Old Testament the Septuagint use it to express the Hebrew [non-Latin text not transcribed] Deut. 20.5. In which Law for a Man who had built an House, and was called out to the Wars, to return and Dedicate it, was to take Possession of it, and secure it from the claim of another: here it is properly used to make sure, firm, and inviolable; and that by Blood, typical of Christ's, which is the highest and most solemn-ratification. So were the Covenants before ratified; but especially under the Law, and the Mosaical Covenant it self, as appears by instance, Gen. 15.9, 10, 17, 18. and 31.44, 54. compare Exod. 24.5, 7, 8.

Marginal references: Or, purified.