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Hebrews 9

The Old and the New

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Now even the first covenant had  aregulations of divine worship and  bthe earthly sanctuary.

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For there was  aa  1tabernacle prepared, the  2outer one, in which were  bthe lampstand and  cthe table and  dthe  3sacred bread; this is called the holy place.

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Behind  athe second veil there was a  1tabernacle which is called the  bHoly of Holies,

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having a golden  1 aaltar of incense and  bthe ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was  ca golden jar holding the manna, and  dAaron's rod which budded, and  ethe tables of the covenant;

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and above it were the  acherubim of glory  bovershadowing the mercy seat; but of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

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Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests  aare continually entering the  1outer  2tabernacle performing the divine worship,

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but into  athe second, only  bthe high priest enters  conce a year,  dnot without taking blood, which he  eoffers for himself and for the  1 fsins of the people committed in ignorance.

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 aThe Holy Spirit is signifying this,  bthat the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the  1outer tabernacle is still standing,

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which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly  aboth gifts and sacrifices are offered which  bcannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience,

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since they relate only to  afood and  bdrink and various  cwashings,  dregulations for the  1body imposed until  ea time of reformation.

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But when Christ appeared as a  ahigh priest of the  bgood things  1to come, He entered through  cthe greater and more perfect  2tabernacle,  dnot made with hands, that is to say,  enot of this creation;

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and not through  athe blood of goats and calves, but  bthrough His own blood, He  centered the holy place  donce for all,  1having obtained  eeternal redemption.

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For if  athe blood of goats and bulls and  bthe ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the  1cleansing of the flesh,

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how much more will  athe blood of Christ, who through  1 bthe eternal Spirit  coffered Himself without blemish to God,  dcleanse  2your conscience from  edead works to serve  fthe living God?

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For this reason  aHe is the  bmediator of a  cnew covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been  dcalled may  ereceive the promise of  fthe eternal inheritance.

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For where a  1covenant is, there must of necessity  2be the death of the one who made it.

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For a  1covenant is valid only when  2men are dead,  3for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.

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Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

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For when every commandment had been  aspoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law,  bhe took the  cblood of the calves and the goats, with  dwater and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both  ethe book itself and all the people,

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saying, " aTHIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD COMMANDED YOU."

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And in the same way he  asprinkled both the  1tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood.

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And according to the  1Law, one may  aalmost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and  bwithout shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

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Therefore it was necessary for the  acopies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but  athe heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

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For Christ  adid not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of  bthe true one, but into  cheaven itself, now  dto appear in the presence of God for us;

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nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as  athe high priest enters  bthe holy place  ayear by year with blood that is not his own.

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Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since  athe foundation of the world; but now  bonce at  cthe consummation of the ages He has been  dmanifested to put away sin  1 eby the sacrifice of Himself.

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And inasmuch as  ait is  1appointed for men to die once and after this  bcomes judgment,

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so Christ also, having been  aoffered once to  bbear the sins of many, will appear  ca second time for  dsalvation  ewithout reference to sin, to those who  feagerly await Him.



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