Hebrews 9:7-14

7 But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning.
9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper.
10 They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

The Blood of Christ

11 But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here,[a] he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation.
12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining[b] eternal redemption.
13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean.
14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,[c] so that we may serve the living God!

Cross References 30

  • 1. Leviticus 16:11-19
  • 2. ver 2,3
  • 3. Leviticus 16:34
  • 4. Leviticus 16:11,14
  • 5. Leviticus 16:11; Hebrews 5:2,3
  • 6. Hebrews 5:2,3
  • 7. S Hebrews 3:7
  • 8. John 14:6; Hebrews 10:19,20
  • 9. Hebrews 10:1
  • 10. Hebrews 5:1; Hebrews 8:3
  • 11. S Hebrews 7:19
  • 12. Leviticus 11:2-23
  • 13. Numbers 6:3; Colossians 2:16
  • 14. Lev 11:25,28,40
  • 15. Hebrews 7:16
  • 16. S Hebrews 2:17
  • 17. Hebrews 10:1
  • 18. ver 24; Hebrews 8:2
  • 19. S John 2:19
  • 20. ver 19; Leviticus 16:6,15; Hebrews 10:4
  • 21. ver 24
  • 22. ver 26,28; S Hebrews 7:27
  • 23. ver 14; S Romans 3:25
  • 24. Hebrews 10:4
  • 25. Nu 19:9,17,18
  • 26. 1 Peter 3:18
  • 27. S Ephesians 5:2
  • 28. Psalms 51:2; Psalms 65:3; Jeremiah 33:8; Zechariah 13:1; S Titus 2:14; Hebrews 10:2,22
  • 29. Hebrews 6:1
  • 30. S Matthew 16:16

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Some early manuscripts "are to come"
  • [b]. Or "blood, having obtained"
  • [c]. Or "from useless rituals"
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