{"book":"Hebrews","slug":"hebrews","ch":9,"genre":"letter","sub":"Hebrews","prev":"hebrews/8","next":"hebrews/10","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Now the first [ covenant ] had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.","f":["Literally the first; also in verse 18; see the footnote for Hebrews 8:13."],"h":"The Earthly Tabernacle","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"A tabernacle was prepared. In [its] first [room] [were] the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called [the] Holy [Place].","f":["Or the Bread of the Presence"]},{"v":3,"t":"Behind the second curtain [was] a room called [the] Most Holy Place,","f":["Or the Holy of Holies"]},{"v":4,"t":"containing [the] golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside [the ark] [were the] gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"Above [the ark] [were the] cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. [But] we cannot discuss [these things] in detail now.","f":["Or atonement cover"]},{"v":6,"t":"[When] everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform [their] sacred duties.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"But only the high priest [entered] the second [room], [and then] only once a year, [and] never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"By this [arrangement] the Holy Spirit was showing [that] the way into the [Most] Holy Place {had} not yet been disclosed {as long as} the first tabernacle was still standing.","f":["Or the Holy Place; also in verses 12 and 25"],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"[It is] an illustration for the present time, because [the] gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse [the] conscience of the worshiper.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"[ They consist ] only in food and drink and special washings — external regulations imposed until [the] time of reform.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"But [when] Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, [He went through] the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands [and is] not [a part] of this creation.","f":["BYZ and TR that are to come"],"h":"Redemption through His Blood","style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"[He did not enter] by [the] blood of goats and calves, but He entered the [Most] Holy Place once for all by [His] own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"For if the blood of goats and bulls and [the] ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify [them] so that [their] bodies are clean,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":14,"t":"how much more {will} the blood of Christ, who through [the] eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve [the] living God!","f":["BYZ and TR your"]},{"v":15,"t":"Therefore [Christ] is [the] mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem [them] from the transgressions [committed] under the first covenant.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"In the case of [a] will, [it is] necessary to establish [the] death of the [one who] made [it],","f":["Greek diathēkē is also translated as covenant throughout this chapter."],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"because a will [does not] take effect until the [one who] made [it] has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.","f":[]},{"v":18,"t":"That is why {even} the first [covenant] was not put into effect without blood.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":19,"t":"For [when] Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, [and] sprinkled the scroll and all the people,","f":["SBL does not include and goats."]},{"v":20,"t":"saying,“ This [is] the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you [to keep].”","f":["Exodus 24:8"]},{"v":21,"t":"In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":22,"t":"According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.","f":[]},{"v":23,"t":"So [it was] necessary [for] the copies [of] the heavenly things to be purified with these [sacrifices], but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":24,"t":"For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but [He entered] heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.","f":[]},{"v":25,"t":"Nor [did He enter heaven] to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the [Most] Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":26,"t":"Otherwise, [Christ] would have had to suffer repeatedly since [the] foundation of [the] world. But now He has appeared once [for all] at [the] end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.","f":[]},{"v":27,"t":"Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that [to face] judgment,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":28,"t":"so also Christ was offered once to bear [the] sins of many; [and] He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, [but] to [bring] salvation to those who eagerly await Him.","f":[]}]}