## So not even the first covenant was established without blood ##

AT: "So God established even the first covenant with blood" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## took the blood...with water...and sprinkled...the scroll...and all the people ##

The priest would dip the hyssop in the blood and the water and then shake the hyssop so drops of blood and water would fall on the scroll and on the people.

## hyssop ##

a plant used in ceremonial sprinkling