Hebrews:9
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Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service ,
and a worldly sanctuary .
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For there was a tabernacle made ;
the first ,
wherein was the candlestick ,
and the table ,
and the shewbread ;
which is called the sanctuary .
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And after the second veil ,
the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all ;
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Which had the golden censer ,
and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold ,
wherein was the golden pot that had manna ,
and Aaron '
s rod that budded ,
and the tables of the covenant ;
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And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat ;
of which we cannot now speak particularly .
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Now when these things were thus ordained ,
the priests went always into the first tabernacle ,
accomplishing the service of God .
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But into the second went the high priest alone once every year ,
not without blood ,
which he offered for himself ,
and for the errors of the people :
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The Holy Ghost this signifying ,
that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest ,
while as the first tabernacle was yet standing :
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Which was a figure for the time then present ,
in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices ,
that could not make him that did the service perfect ,
as pertaining to the conscience ;
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Which stood only in meats and drinks ,
and divers washings ,
and carnal ordinances ,
imposed on them until the time of reformation .
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But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come ,
by a greater and more perfect tabernacle ,
not made with hands ,
that is to say ,
not of this building ;
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Neither by the blood of goats and calves ,
but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place ,
having obtained eternal redemption for us .
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For if the blood of bulls and of goats ,
and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean ,
sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh :
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How much more shall the blood of Christ ,
who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God ,
purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God ?
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And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament ,
that by means of death ,
for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament ,
they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance .
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For where a testament is ,
there must also of necessity be the death of the testator .
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For a testament is of force after men are dead :
otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth .
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Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood .
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For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law ,
he took the blood of calves and of goats ,
with water ,
and scarlet wool ,
and hyssop ,
and sprinkled both the book ,
and all the people ,
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Saying ,
This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you .
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Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle ,
and all the vessels of the ministry .
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And almost all things are by the law purged with blood ;
and without shedding of blood is no remission .
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It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these ;
but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these .
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For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands ,
which are the figures of the true ;
but into heaven itself ,
now to appear in the presence of God for us :
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Nor yet that he should offer himself often ,
as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others ;
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For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world :
but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself .
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And as it is appointed unto men once to die ,
but after this the judgment :
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So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many ;
and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation .