Hebrews 9:11–22

New Covenant Ministry

¹¹But the Messiah has appeared, high priest of the good things that have come. ^mIn the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation ⁿ), ¹²He entered the most holy place once for all, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood, having obtained eternal redemption. ^o13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, ^p14how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit ^qoffered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our ^rconsciences from dead works to serve the living God? ^s

¹⁵Therefore, He is the mediator ^tof a new covenant, ^uvso that those who are called might receive the promise ^wof the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. ^x16Where a will exists, the death of the one who made it must be established. ¹⁷For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in force while the one who made it is living. ¹⁸That is why even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. ¹⁹For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people, ^y20saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you. ^za21In the same way, he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the articles of worship with blood. ^b22According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. ^c