The Scarlet Thread Running Thru the Bible. Heb. 9:22 The institution of the old covenant shows that all things are cleansed by blood. The old covenant was instituted by Moses in Ex. 24:6-8. After God had given the law to Moses, Moses shared the law with the people. Then he made a sacrificial offering to the Lord. He took the blood of the animal and sprinkled both the book of the law and the people. This was a dedication service, a service commemorating the institution of God’s first covenant, and note how it was being instituted: by death, by the shedding of the blood of a sacrifice. Note what Moses says in Heb.9:20.But this is not the only example we have. Moses also held a dedication service when the tabernacle was completed, and he sprinkled it and all the furnishings with blood Heb. 9:21.What is the significance of this argument? Under the covenant and law, almost all things were purged and cleansed by blood. In fact, without the shedding of blood there was no cleansing or forgiveness. This was true throughout the whole reign of the law—from the institution of the law down to the present. For men have always had a sense of failing, of coming short, and of being imperfect. They have known a frightening fact: they had to pay for their sins or else someone or something had to take their place and be sacrificed for them. Therefore, man has constantly made sacrifice for his sins in order to become acceptable to God. He has always sensed and known that “without shedding of blood there is no remission”—no cleansing and no forgiveness. This is the argument, the proof that Jesus Christ is the Mediator of God’s new covenant with man. Jesus Christ shed His blood; He died for man