Hebrews 9:17–28

¹⁷For a ¹covenant is valid only when ²men are dead, ³for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.

¹⁸Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

¹⁹For 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,

²⁰saying, “^aThis is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.”

²¹And in the same way he ^asprinkled both the ¹tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood.

²²And according to the ¹Law, one may ^aalmost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and ^bwithout shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

²³Therefore it was necessary for the ^acopies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

²⁴For 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;

²⁵nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as ^athe high priest enters ^bthe holy place year by year with blood that is not his own.

²⁶Otherwise, 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 ^1eby the sacrifice of Himself.

²⁷And inasmuch as ^ait is ¹appointed for men to die once and after this ^bcomes judgment,

²⁸so 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.