Hebrews:9:11-28
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But when Christ came as High Priest of the good things that have come ,
he entered once for all through the greater and more perfect Tent not made by hands \'
97 that is ,
not of this creation \'
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and not with the blood of goats and calves ,
but with his own blood ,
into the holy place ,
and thereby found eternal redemption .
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For if the blood of goats and bulls ,
and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the defiled ,
makes them holy as regards purity of their flesh ,
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how much more will the blood of Christ ,
who through an eternal Spirit offered himself an unblemished sacrifice to God ,
cleanse our consciences from dead works for the service of the living God .
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For this reason he is the mediator of a better covenant that ,
a death having taken place for redemption from sins under the first covenant ,
those who have been called may receive the eternal inheritance promised to them .
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For where there is a last will and testament the death of the testator must be put in evidence .
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For a will is valid in the case of the dead :
it never has any force while the testator is living .
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Hence the first covenant was not introduced without blood .
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When all the commands of the Law had been spoken by Moses to all the people ,
he took the blood of calves and goats ,
with water and scarlet wool and hyssop ,
and sprinkled it on the book and on all the people ,
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saying , "
This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded for you ."
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And the Tent and all the things used in worship he likewise sprinkled with blood .
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Almost everything is cleansed with blood ,
according to the Law ,
and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness .
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It was necessary ,
then ,
that the copies of the things in heaven should be cleansed with these sacrifices ,
but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these .
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For Christ did not enter into a holy place made by hands ,
a copy of the true ,
but into heaven itself ,
now to appear before the face of God in our behalf .
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Nor was it to offer himself often ,
as the High Priest enters into the holy place every year with blood not his own ;
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then he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world .
But now ,
once for all ,
at the end of the ages ,
he has appeared to do away with sin by his sacrifice .
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And as it is appointed for men once for all to die and after this comes judgment ,
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so Christ was once for all offered to bear the sins of many and will appear the second time ,
apart from sin ,
to those who are looking for him ,
and bring them salvation .