Hebrews 9:11–22

¹¹And Christ being come, chief priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands—that is, not of this creation— ¹²neither through blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, did enter in once into the holy places, age-during redemption having obtained; ¹³for if the blood of bulls, and goats, and ashes of an heifer, sprinkling those defiled, doth sanctify to the purifying of the flesh, ¹⁴how much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

¹⁵And because of this, of a new covenant he is mediator, that, death having come, for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those called may receive the promise of the age-during inheritance, ¹⁶for where a covenant is, the death of the covenant-victim to come in is necessary, ¹⁷for a covenant over dead victims is stedfast, since it is no force at all when the covenant-victim liveth, ¹⁸whence not even the first apart from blood hath been initiated, ¹⁹for every command having been spoken, according to law, by Moses, to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he both the book itself and all the people did sprinkle, ²⁰saying, ‘This is the blood of the covenant that God enjoined unto you,’ ²¹and both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the service with blood in like manner he did sprinkle, ²²and with blood almost all things are purified according to the law, and apart from blood-shedding forgiveness doth not come.