Heb.9.18

After Moses had read out all the terms of the plan of the law--God's "will"--he took the blood of sacrificed animals and, in a solemn ritual, sprinkled the document and the people who were its beneficiaries.

Heb.9.18

This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

Heb.9.18

Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

Heb.9.18

That is why blood was required under the first covenant as a proof of death.