¹¹But when Christ came as the high priest of the good things we now have, ⁿ he entered the greater and more perfect tent. It is not made by humans and does not belong to this world. ¹²Christ entered the Most Holy Place only once—and for all time. He did not take with him the blood of goats and calves. His sacrifice was his own blood, and by it he set us free from sin forever. ¹³The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a cow are sprinkled on the people who are unclean, and this makes their bodies clean again. ¹⁴How much more is done by the blood of Christ. He offered himself through the eternal Spirit ⁿ as a perfect sacrifice to God. His blood will make our consciences pure from useless acts so we may serve the living God.

¹⁵For this reason Christ brings a new agreement from God to his people. Those who are called by God can now receive the blessings he has promised, blessings that will last forever. They can have those things because Christ died so that the people who lived under the first agreement could be set free from sin.

¹⁶When there is a will, ⁿ it must be proven that the one who wrote that will is dead. ¹⁷A will means nothing while the person is alive; it can be used only after the person dies. ¹⁸This is why even the first agreement could not begin without blood to show death. ¹⁹First, Moses told all the people every command in the law. Next he took the blood of calves and mixed it with water. Then he used red wool and a branch of the hyssop plant to sprinkle it on the book of the law and on all the people. ²⁰He said, “This is the blood that begins the Agreement that God commanded you to obey.” ⁿ ²¹In the same way, Moses sprinkled the blood on the Holy Tent and over all the things used in worship. ²²The law says that almost everything must be made clean by blood, and sins cannot be forgiven without blood to show death.

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Hebrews 9:12: …he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.

Footnotes

ngood … have Some Greek copies read “good things that are to come.”
nSpirit This refers to the Holy Spirit, to Christ’s own spirit, or to the spiritual and eternal nature of his sacrifice.
nwill A legal document that shows how a person’s money and property are to be distributed at the time of death. This is the same word in Greek as “agreement” in verse 15.
n“This … obey.” Quotation from Exodus 24:8.