Hebrews:9

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* Then verily (note :)A division of the first tabernacle which he calls worldly , that is to say , transitory , and earthly , into two parts , that is , into the holy places , and the Holiest of all .(:note ) the first [covenant ] had also ordinances of divine service , and a An earthy and a fleeting . worldly sanctuary . * For the first Tabernacle was made , wherein was the candlesticke , and the table , and the shewebread , which Tabernacle is called the Holy places . * And after (note :)He calls it the second veil , not because there were two veils , but because it was behind the sanctuary or the first tabernacle .(:note ) the second veil , the tabernacle which is called the The holiest sanctuary . Holiest of all ; * Which had the golden censer , and the Arke of the Testament ouerlayde rounde about with golde , wherein the golden pot , which had Manna , was , and Aarons rod that had budded , and the tables of the Testament . * And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the (note :)The Hebrews call the cover of the ark of the covenant the mercy seat , which both the Greeks and we do also .(:note ) mercyseat ; of which we cannot now speak particularly . * * But into the second [went ] the high priest alone once every year , not without blood , which he offered for himself , and [for ] the (note :)For the sins , see ( Heb_5:2 ).(:note ) errors of the people : * * * * * * * How much more shall the blood of Christ , who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God , purge your conscience from (note :)From sins which proceed from death , and bring forth nothing but death .(:note ) dead works to serve the living God ? * * * For the Testament is confirmed when men are dead : for it is yet of no force as long as he that made it , is aliue . * * For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people (note :)As the Lord had commanded .(:note ) according to the law , he took the blood of calves and of goats , with water , and scarlet wool , and hyssop , and He used to sprinkle . sprinkled both the book , and all the people , * Saying , This is the blood of the Testament , which God hath appointed vnto you . * Moreouer , he sprinkled likewise the Tabernacle with blood also , and all the ministring vessels . * And almost all things are by the Law purged with blood , and without sheading of blood is no remission . * [It was ] therefore necessary that the (note :)The counterparts of heavenly things were earthly , and therefore they were to be set forth with earthly things , as with the blood of beasts , wool and hyssop . But under Christ all things are heavenly , and therefore they could not be sanctified with the offering of his living blood .(:note ) patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these ; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these . * * * * And as it is appointed unto men (note :)He speaks of the natural state and condition of man : For though Lazarus and certain others died twice , that was no usual thing , but extraordinary : and as for them that shall be changed , their changing is a kind of death . {{See 1Co_15:51 }}(:note ) once to die , but after this the judgment : * So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of (note :)Thus the general promise is restrained to the elect only : and we have to seek the testimony of our election , not in the secret counsel of God , but in the effects that our faith works , and so we must climb up from the lowest step to the highest , there to find such comfort as is most certain , and shall never be moved .(:note ) many ; Shortly by the way he sets Christ as Judge , partly to terrify those who are not trusting in the only sacrifice of Christ once made , and partly to keep the faithful in their duty , so that they will not go back . and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation .

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