HebEb HebrewsEbrei, chaptercapitolo Epistle to the HebrewsLettera agli Ebrei, chaptercapitolo 9

For where a testament (a covenant, ratified in death) [is], there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

For a testament (a covenant, ratified in death) [is] of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator lives.Gal 3:15