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The statement of Heb 9:18 historically confirmed by the story of the establishment of the law-covenant, Exodus 24.
Of calves and goats (τῶν μόσχων καὶ τῶν τράγων)
Not mentioned in the O.T. account. The goat was always for a sin-offering, and the sacrifices on this occasion were oxen, and are described as burnt offerings and sacrifices of peace, Exo 24:5. In the original covenant with Abraham a she-goat and a heifer are specially mentioned, Gen 15:9.
Water, scarlet wool, hyssop - sprinkled the book (ὕδατος, ἐρίου κοκκίνου, ὑσσώπου αὐτό τε τὸ βιβλίον ἐράντισεν)
None of these are mentioned in the O.T. account, which the writer appears to have filled up from the details of subsequent usage. Comp. the additions in Heb 9:5, Heb 9:10. It will also be observed that the sacrifices on the occasion of establishing the law covenant were not made according to the Mosaic ritual. They were offered, not by the priests, but by the young men, Exo 24:5. For κόκκινος scarlet, see on Mat 27:6. Ὕσσωπος hyssop appears in Exo 12:22; Lev 14:4, Lev 14:6, Lev 14:49; Num 19:6, Num 19:18; Psa 51:9; Joh 19:29. Mostly in connection with lustral ceremonies. The vexed question of the precise botanical character of the plant has never been decisively settled.