Hebrews:9

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* Then indeed , even the first covenant had ordinances of service and the earthly sanctuary . * For the first tabernacle was prepared : in which was the lampstand , the table , and the Bread of Presentation , which is called the sanctuary ; * and behind the second veil , the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies , * which had the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold , in which were the golden pot that had the manna , Aaron ’s staff that budded , and the tablets of the covenant ; * and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat . Of these things we cannot now speak in detail . * Now when these things had been thus prepared , the priests always went into the first tabernacle , performing the services . * But into the second the high priest went alone once a year , not without blood , which he offered for himself and for the sins of the people , committed in ignorance ; * the Holy Spirit signifying by this that the way into the Holy of Holies was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing . * It was a comparison for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience ; * concerned only with foods and drinks , various washings , and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time when things were set right . * But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come , with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands , that is , not of this creation . * Not with the blood of goats and calves , but with His own blood He entered the Holy of Holies once for all , having obtained eternal redemption . * For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer , sprinkling the unclean , sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh , * how much more shall the blood of Christ , who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God , cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God . * And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant , by means of death , for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant , that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance . * For where there is a covenant , it is a necessity to announce the death of the one making the covenant . * For a covenant is in force after men are dead , since it has no power at all while the one who made the covenant is alive . * Therefore neither was the first covenant dedicated without blood . * For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the Law , he took the blood of calves and goats , with water , scarlet wool , and hyssop , and sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people , * saying , This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you . * Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of service . * And according to the Law almost all things are purified with blood , and without shedding of blood there is no remission . * Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these , but the Heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these . * For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands , which are copies of the true , but into Heaven itself , now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf ; * not that He should offer Himself often , as the high priest enters the Holy of Holies every year with blood of others ; * He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world ; but now , once for all , at the end of the ages , He has been manifested to put away sin through the sacrifice of Himself . * And as it is appointed for men to die once , and after this the judgment , * so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many . To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time , without sin , unto salvation .

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