Hebrews:9-10

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* Then indeed , even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary . * For a tabernacle was prepared : the first part , in which was the lampstand , the table , and the showbread , which is called the sanctuary ; * and behind the second veil , the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All , * which had the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold , in which were the golden pot that had the manna , Aaron 's rod 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 part of the tabernacle , performing the services . * But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year , not without blood , which he offered for himself and for the people 's sins committed in ignorance ; * the Holy Spirit indicating this , that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing . * It was symbolic 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 of reformation . * 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 Most Holy Place 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 spot 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 testament , there must also of necessity be the death of the testator . * For a testament is in force after men are dead , since it has no power at all while the testator lives . * Therefore not even the first covenant was 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 book 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 the ministry . * 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 for us ; * not that He should offer Himself often , as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another -- * He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world ; but now , once at the end of the ages , He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself . * And as it is appointed for men to die once , but 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 , apart from sin , for salvation . * For the law , having a shadow of the good things to come , and not the very image of the things , can never with these same sacrifices , which they offer continually year by year , make those who approach perfect . * For then would they not have ceased to be offered ? For the worshipers , once purified , would have had no more consciousness of sins . * But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year . * For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins . * Therefore , when He came into the world , He said : "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire , But a body You have prepared for Me . * In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure . * Then I said , "Behold , I have come -- In the volume of the book it is written of Me -- To do Your will , O God ."' * Previously saying , "Sacrifice and offering , burnt offerings , and offerings for sin You did not desire , nor had pleasure in them " (which are offered according to the law ), * then He said , "Behold , I have come to do Your will , O God ." He takes away the first that He may establish the second . * By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all . * And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices , which can never take away sins . * But this Man , after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever , sat down at the right hand of God , * from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool . * For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified . * But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us ; for after He had said before , * "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days , says the LORD : I will put My laws into their hearts , and in their minds I will write them ," * then He adds , "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more ." * Now where there is remission of these , there is no longer an offering for sin . * Therefore , brethren , having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus , * by a new and living way which He consecrated for us , through the veil , that is , His flesh , * and having a High Priest over the house of God , * let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith , having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water . * Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering , for He who promised is faithful . * And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works , * not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together , as is the manner of some , but exhorting one another , and so much the more as you see the Day approaching . * For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth , there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins , * but a certain fearful expectation of judgment , and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries . * Anyone who has rejected Moses ' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses . * Of how much worse punishment , do you suppose , will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot , counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing , and insulted the Spirit of grace ? * For we know Him who said , "Vengeance is Mine , I will repay ," says the Lord . And again , "The LORD will judge His people ." * It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God . * But recall the former days in which , after you were illuminated , you endured a great struggle with sufferings : * partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations , and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated ; * for you had compassion on me in my chains , and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods , knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven . * Therefore do not cast away your confidence , which has great reward . * For you have need of endurance , so that after you have done the will of God , you may receive the promise : * "For yet a little while , And He who is coming will come and will not tarry . * Now the just shall live by faith ; But if anyone draws back , My soul has no pleasure in him ." * But we are not of those who draw back to perdition , but of those who believe to the saving of the soul . * Now faith is the substance of things hoped for , the evidence of things not seen .

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