Hebrews 9

Then verily the first covenant had also ^aordinances of ^bdivine service, and a ^cworldly ^dsanctuary. ²For there was ^ea tabernacle ^fmade; ^gthe first, ^hwherein was ⁱthe candlestick, and ^kthe table, and ^lthe shewbread; ^ewhich is called ^mthe sanctuary. ³And ⁿafter the second vail, the tabernacle which is called ^cthe holiest of all; ⁴which had the golden ^ocenser, and ^pthe ark of ^qthe covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was ^rthe golden pot that had manna, and ^sAaron’s rod that budded, and ^tthe tables of ^qthe covenant; ⁵and ^uover it the cherubims of glory shadowing ^vthe mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. ⁶Now when these things were thus ^fordained, the priests went ^walways into ^gthe first tabernacle, accomplishing ^bthe service of God. ⁷But into ^xthe second went the high priest alone ^yonce every year, not without blood, ^zwhich he offered for himself, and for the ^aerrors of the people: ^8bthe Holy Ghost this signifying, that ^cthe way into ^dthe holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: ⁹which was ^ea figure for the time then ^fpresent, in which ^gwere offered both gifts and sacrifices, ^hthat could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; ¹⁰which stood only in ^ijmeats and ^jdrinks, and ^kdivers ^lwashings, and ^mcarnal ordinances, ⁿimposed on them until the time of reformation. ¹¹But Christ being come ^oa high priest ^pof good things to come, by ^qa greater and more perfect tabernacle, not ^rmade with hands, that is to say, not of this building, ¹²neither by ^sthe blood of goats and calves, but by ^this own blood ^uhe entered in ^vonce into ^wthe holy place, ^xhaving ^yobtained eternal ^zredemption for us. ¹³For if ^athe blood of bulls and of goats, and ^bthe ashes of a heifer sprinkling ^cthe unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: ¹⁴how much more ^dshall the blood of Christ, who ^ethrough the eternal Spirit ^foffered himself without ^gspot to God, ^hpurge your conscience ⁱfrom dead works ^kto serve ^lthe living God?

¹⁵And for this cause he is ^mthe mediator of the ⁿnew ^otestament, ^pthat by means of death, ^ffor ^qthe redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, ^rthey which are called ^smight receive the ^stpromise of eternal ^uinheritance. ¹⁶For where a ^otestament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. ^17vFor ^oa testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the testator liveth. ¹⁸Whereupon neither the first ^vvtestament was ^wdedicated without blood. ¹⁹For ^xwhen Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, ^yhe took the blood of ^zcalves and of goats, with ^awater, and ^abscarlet wool, and ^achyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, ²⁰saying, ^dThis is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. ²¹Moreover ^ehe sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of ^fthe ministry. ²²And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and ^gwithout shedding of blood is no remission. ²³It was therefore necessary that ^hthe patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴For ⁱChrist is not entered into ^jthe holy places ^kmade with hands, which are ^lthe figures of ^mthe true; but ⁿinto heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^ofor us: ²⁵nor yet that he should offer himself often, ^pas the high priest entereth into ⁱthe holy place every year with blood of others; ²⁶for then must he often have suffered ^qsince the foundation of the world: but now ^ronce ^sin the end of the world ^sshath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. ²⁷And as it is appointed unto men ^tonce to die, but ^uafter this the judgment: ²⁸so ^vChrist was ^ronce offered to bear the sins of ^xmany; and unto them that ^ylook for him shall he appear the second time ^zwithout sin unto salvation.

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