Hebrews 9:11-21

11 But when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation),
12 he entered once for all into the Holy Place, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.
13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, with the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer, sanctifies those who have been defiled so that their flesh is purified,
14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!
15 For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.
16 Where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established.
17 For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.
18 Hence not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood.
19 For when every commandment had been told to all the people by Moses in accordance with the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,
20 saying, "This is the blood of the covenant that God has ordained for you."
21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship.

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Footnotes 10

  • [a]. Other ancient authorities read [good things to come]
  • [b]. Gk [more perfect]
  • [c]. Or [tabernacle]
  • [d]. Other ancient authorities read [Holy Spirit]
  • [e]. Other ancient authorities read [your]
  • [f]. The Greek word used here means both [covenant] and [will]
  • [g]. The Greek word used here means both [covenant] and [will]
  • [h]. The Greek word used here means both [covenant] and [will]
  • [i]. Other ancient authorities lack [and goats]
  • [j]. Or [tabernacle]
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