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he sprinkled
"Moses sprinkled"
sprinkled
Sprinkling was a symbolic action done by the priests by which they applied the benefits of the covenant to people and to objects. See how you translated this in Hebrews 9:19. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction)
all the containers used in the service
A container is an object that can hold things. Here it may refer to any kind of utensil or tool. AT: "all the utensils used in the service"
used in the service
This can be stated in active form. AT: "the priests used in their work" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
almost everything is cleansed with blood
Making something acceptable to God is spoken of as if it were cleansing that thing. This idea can be stated in active form. AT: "the priests use blood to cleanse almost everything" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
blood
Here the animal "blood" is talking about the animal's death. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness
Here "shedding of blood" refers to something dying as a sacrifice to God. This double negative can mean that all forgiveness comes through the shedding of blood. AT: "Forgiveness only comes when something dies as a sacrifice" or "God only forgives when something dies as a sacrifice" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives)
forgiveness
You can state explicitly the implied meaning. AT: "forgiveness of the sins of the people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)