^9:23So it was necessary for the sketches²⁵ of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices,²⁶ but the heavenly things themselves required²⁷ better sacrifices than these.

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25 Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See above for the prior use of this term.
26 Grk “with these”; in the translation the referent (sacrifices) has been specified for clarity.
27 Grk “the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

That is why the Tabernacle and everything in it, which were copies of things in heaven, had to be purified by the blood of animals. But the real things in heaven had to be purified with far better sacrifices than the blood of animals.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.

KJV 1900King James Version

It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

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