'Force' in the Bible

And so [because of the oath’s greater strength and force] Jesus has become the certain guarantee of a better covenant [a more excellent and more advantageous agreement; one that will never be replaced or annulled].

for a will and testament takes effect [only] at death, since it is never in force as long as the one who made it is alive.

So even the first covenant was not put in force without [the shedding of] blood.