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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Hebrews 9</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hebrews/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//hebrews/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/hebrews/">Hebrews</a> > Hebrews 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrews/8.htm" title="Hebrews 8">◄</a> Hebrews 9 <a href="../hebrews/10.htm" title="Hebrews 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/hebrews/9.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/hebrews/9.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/hebrews/9.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/hebrews/9.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/9.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/hebrews/9.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/hebrews/9.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Earthly Tabernacle<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../exodus/40.htm">Exodus 40:1–33</a>; <a href ="../acts/7.htm#44">Acts 7:44–47</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now the first covenant<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> This was called the Holy Place. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> But we cannot discuss these things in detail now. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform. <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">Redemption through His Blood<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>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. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>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, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God! <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In the case of a will,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people, <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span> <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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. <A name="26"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>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. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>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. <A name="28"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment, <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/9-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>the first</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verse 18; see the footnote for <a href="../hebrews/8.htm#13">Hebrews 8:13</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>the Bread of the Presence</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>the Holy of Holies</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>atonement cover</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>the Holy Place</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verses 12 and 25<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> BYZ and TR <i>that are to come</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> BYZ and TR <i>your</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> Greek <i>diathēkē</i><span class="thin"> </span> is also translated as <i>covenant</i><span class="thin"> </span> throughout this chapter.<br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> SBL does not include <i>and goats</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> <a href="../exodus/24.htm#8">Exodus 24:8</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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