Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Whereupon, х Hothen (G3606)] - 'Whence.' Since the old dispensation also had its testamentary aspect.
The first testament - not that the old dispensation, regarded by itself, is a testament, but it is so as the typical representative of the new, which is more strictly a Testament. Dedicated, х engkekainistai (G1457)] - 'inaugurated.' The Old Testament formally began on that day.