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Forif the blood of bullsand of goats,and the ashes of an heifersprinkling the unclean, sanctifiethto the purifying of the flesh:
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How muchmoreshall the blood of Christ,whothrough the eternalSpiritofferedhimself without spot[a] to God,purgeyourconsciencefromdeadworkstoserve the livingGod?
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And for thiscause he is the mediator of the newtestament,that by means of death,for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the firsttestament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternalinheritance.
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Forwhere a testament is, there must also of necessitybe[b] the death of the testator.
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For a testament is of forceafter men are dead:otherwise it is ofnostrength at allwhile the testatorliveth.
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Whereuponneither the first testament was dedicated[c]withoutblood.
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ForwhenMoses had spokeneveryprecept to all the peopleaccording to the law, he took the blood of calvesand of goats,withwater,andscarlet[d]wool,andhyssop, and sprinkledboth the book*, andall the people,
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Saying, This is the blood of the testamentwhichGod hath enjoineduntoyou.
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Moreoverhesprinkled with bloodboth the tabernacle,andall the vessels of the ministry.
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Andalmost all thingsareby the lawpurgedwithblood;andwithout shedding of bloodisnoremission.
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It was thereforenecessary that the patterns of thingsin the heavens should be purified with these;but the heavenly thingsthemselves with bettersacrificesthanthese.