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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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">The Earthly and the Heavenly Sanctuaries</span></h3><p class="chapter-1"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>For a tent<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34363a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> was constructed, the first one, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of the Presence;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34363b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> this is called the Holy Place. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Behind the second curtain was a tent<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34364c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> called the Holy of Holies. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>In it stood the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which there were a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34366d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> Of these things we cannot speak now in detail.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>Such preparations having been made, the priests go continually into the first tent<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34367e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> to carry out their ritual duties; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>but only the high priest goes into the second, and he but once a year, and not without taking the blood that he offers for himself and for the sins committed unintentionally by the people. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the sanctuary has not yet been disclosed as long as the first tent<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34369f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span> is still standing. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>This is a symbol<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34370g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>]</span> of the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>but deal only with food and drink and various baptisms, regulations for the body imposed until the time comes to set things right.</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>But when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34372h" title="See footnote h">h</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote h">h</a>]</span> then through the greater and perfect<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34372i" title="See footnote i">i</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote i">i</a>]</span> tent<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34372j" title="See footnote j">j</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote j">j</a>]</span> (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation), </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>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. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>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, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34375k" title="See footnote k">k</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote k">k</a>]</span> offered himself without blemish to God, purify our<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34375l" title="See footnote l">l</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote l">l</a>]</span> conscience from dead works to worship the living God!</span></p> <p><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>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.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34376m" title="See footnote m">m</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote m">m</a>]</span> </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>Where a will<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34377n" title="See footnote n">n</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote n">n</a>]</span> is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>For a will<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34378o" title="See footnote o">o</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote o">o</a>]</span> takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>Hence not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>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,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34380p" title="See footnote p">p</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote p">p</a>]</span> with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>saying, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has ordained for you.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-34382q" title="See footnote q">q</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote q">q</a>]</span> and all the vessels used in worship. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Christ’s Sacrifice Takes Away Sin</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>Thus it was necessary for the sketches of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves need better sacrifices than these. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own; </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:2">Hebrews 9:2</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>tabernacle</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:2">Hebrews 9:2</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>the presentation of the loaves</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:3">Hebrews 9:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>tabernacle</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:5">Hebrews 9:5</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>the place of atonement</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:6">Hebrews 9:6</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>tabernacle</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:8">Hebrews 9:8</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>tabernacle</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:9">Hebrews 9:9</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>parable</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:11">Hebrews 9:11</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>good things to come</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:11">Hebrews 9:11</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk <i>more perfect</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:11">Hebrews 9:11</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>tabernacle</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:14">Hebrews 9:14</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>Holy Spirit</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:14">Hebrews 9:14</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities read <i>your</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:15">Hebrews 9:15</a> <span class='footnote-text'>The Greek word used here means both <i>covenant</i> and <i>will</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:16">Hebrews 9:16</a> <span class='footnote-text'>The Greek word used here means both <i>covenant</i> and <i>will</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:17">Hebrews 9:17</a> <span class='footnote-text'>The Greek word used here means both <i>covenant</i> and <i>will</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:19">Hebrews 9:19</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Other ancient authorities lack <i>and goats</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Hebrews 9:21">Hebrews 9:21</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>tabernacle</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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