Hebrews 9:6-16

6 These preparations having thus been made, 1the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties,
7 but into the second only 2the high priest goes, and he but 3once a year, and not without taking blood, 4which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.
8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that 5the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing
9 (which is symbolic for the present age).[a] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered 6that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,
10 but deal only with 7food and drink and 8various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest 9of the good things that have come,[b] then through 10the greater and more perfect tent (11not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)
12 he 12entered 13once for all into the holy places, not by means of 14the blood of goats and calves but 15by means of his own blood, 16thus securing an eternal redemption.
13 For if 17the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with 18the ashes of a heifer, sanctify[c] for the purification of the flesh,
14 how much more will 19the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit 20offered himself without blemish to God, 21purify our[d] conscience 22from dead works 23to serve the living God.
15 Therefore he is 24the mediator of a new covenant, so that 25those who are called may 26receive the promised eternal inheritance, 27since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.[e]
16 For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established.

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Cross References 27

  • 1. [Numbers 28:3]
  • 2. Leviticus 16:15, 34; [Hebrews 10:3; Exodus 30:10]
  • 3. Leviticus 16:15, 34; [Hebrews 10:3; Exodus 30:10]
  • 4. See Hebrews 5:3
  • 5. Hebrews 10:20; [John 14:6]
  • 6. See Hebrews 7:19
  • 7. See Leviticus 11:2
  • 8. Mark 7:4, 8; See Leviticus 11:25
  • 9. Hebrews 10:1
  • 10. [ver. 24; Hebrews 8:2]
  • 11. See Mark 14:58
  • 12. ver. 24
  • 13. Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 10:10
  • 14. Hebrews 10:4
  • 15. See Acts 20:28
  • 16. Job 33:24; [Daniel 9:24; 1 Corinthians 6:20]
  • 17. Leviticus 16:14-16
  • 18. Num. 19:2, 17, 18
  • 19. ver. 12; 1 John 1:7; Revelation 7:14
  • 20. Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 8:3
  • 21. Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 10:22
  • 22. Hebrews 6:1
  • 23. Romans 6:13; 1 Peter 4:2
  • 24. Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 12:24
  • 25. [Hebrews 3:1]; See Romans 8:28
  • 26. [Hebrews 10:36; Exodus 32:13]
  • 27. Romans 3:24, 25; Romans 5:6

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Or which is symbolic for the age then present
  • [b]. Some manuscripts good things to come
  • [c]. Or For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctifies
  • [d]. Some manuscripts your
  • [e]. The Greek word means both covenant and will; also verses 16, 17
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