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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 .
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For the law having a shadow of good things to come ,
and not the very image of the things ,
can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect .
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For then would they not have ceased to be offered ?
because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins .
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But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year .
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For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins .
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Wherefore when he cometh into the world ,
he saith ,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not ,
but a body hast thou prepared me :
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In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure .
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Then said I ,
Lo ,
I come (
in the volume of the book it is written of me ,)
to do thy will ,
O God .
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Above when he said ,
Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not ,
neither hadst pleasure therein ;
which are offered by the law ;
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Then said he ,
Lo ,
I come to do thy will ,
O God .
He taketh away the first ,
that he may establish the second .
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By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all .
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And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices ,
which can never take away sins :
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But this man ,
after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever ,
sat down on the right hand of God ;
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From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool .
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For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified .
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Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us :
for after that he had said before ,
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This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days ,
saith the Lord ,
I will put my laws into their hearts ,
and in their minds will I write them ;
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And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more .
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Now where remission of these is ,
there is no more offering for sin .
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Having therefore ,
brethren ,
boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus ,
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By a new and living way ,
which he hath consecrated for us ,
through the veil ,
that is to say ,
his flesh ;
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And having an high priest over the house of God ;
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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 .
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Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering ; (
for he is faithful that promised ;)
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And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works :
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Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together ,
as the manner of some is ;
but exhorting one another :
and so much the more ,
as ye see the day approaching .
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For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth ,
there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins ,
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But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation ,
which shall devour the adversaries .
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He that despised Moses '
law died without mercy under two or three witnesses :
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Of how much sorer punishment ,
suppose ye ,
shall he be thought worthy ,
who hath trodden under foot the Son of God ,
and hath counted the blood of the covenant ,
wherewith he was sanctified ,
an unholy thing ,
and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace ?
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For we know him that hath said ,
Vengeance belongeth unto me ,
I will recompense ,
saith the Lord .
And again ,
The Lord shall judge his people .
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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God .
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But call to remembrance the former days ,
in which ,
after ye were illuminated ,
ye endured a great fight of afflictions ;
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Partly ,
whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions ;
and partly ,
whilst ye became companions of them that were so used .
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For ye had compassion of me in my bonds ,
and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods ,
knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance .
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Cast not away therefore your confidence ,
which hath great recompence of reward .
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For ye have need of patience ,
that ,
after ye have done the will of God ,
ye might receive the promise .
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For yet a little while ,
and he that shall come will come ,
and will not tarry .
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Now the just shall live by faith :
but if any man draw back ,
my soul shall have no pleasure in him .
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But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition ;
but of them that believe to the saving of the soul .
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for ,
the evidence of things not seen .