But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

New

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Covenant

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they who are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.

Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.

To the blood

Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words.

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Speaketh

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaks.

And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries unto me from the ground.

That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.

From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

General references

And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.