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Hebrews 9:1
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Now even the first covenant had regulations
of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary. |
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Hebrews 9:2
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For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer
one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called
the holy place. |
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Hebrews 9:3
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Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle
which is called the Holy of Holies, |
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Hebrews 9:4
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having a golden altar of incense and the ark
of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding
the manna, and Aaron's rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant; |
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Hebrews 9:5
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and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing
the mercy seat; but of these things we cannot now speak in detail. |
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Hebrews 9:6
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Now when these things have been so prepared,
the priests are continually entering the outer tabernacle performing the divine
worship, |
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Hebrews 9:7
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but into the second, only the high priest enters
once a year, not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the
sins of the people committed in ignorance. |
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Hebrews 9:8
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The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the
way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle
is still standing, |
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Hebrews 9:9
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which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly
both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect
in conscience, |
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Hebrews 9:10
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since they relate only to food and drink and
various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation. |
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Hebrews 9:11
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But when Christ appeared as a high priest of
the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; |
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Hebrews 9:12
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and not through the blood of goats and calves,
but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained
eternal redemption. |
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Hebrews 9:13
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For if the blood of goats and bulls and the
ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing
of the flesh, |
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Hebrews 9:14
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how much more will the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your
conscience from dead works to serve the living God? |
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Hebrews 9:15
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For this reason He is the mediator of a new
covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions
that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive
the promise of the eternal inheritance. |
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Hebrews 9:16
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For where a covenant is, there must of necessity
be the death of the one who made it. |
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Hebrews 9:17
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For a covenant is valid only when men are dead,
for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. |
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Hebrews 9:18
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Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated
without blood. |
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Hebrews 9:19
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For when every commandment had been spoken by
Moses to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of the calves
and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the
book itself and all the people, |
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Hebrews 9:20
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saying, "THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH
GOD COMMANDED YOU." |
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Hebrews 9:21
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And in the same way he sprinkled both the tabernacle
and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. |
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Hebrews 9:22
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And according to the Law, one may almost say,
all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no
forgiveness. |
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Hebrews 9:23
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Therefore it was necessary for the copies of
the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves
with better sacrifices than these. |
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Hebrews 9:24
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For Christ did not enter a holy place made with
hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the
presence of God for us; |
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Hebrews 9:25
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nor was it that He would offer Himself often,
as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his
own. |
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Hebrews 9:26
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Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often
since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages
He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. |
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Hebrews 9:27
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And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die
once and after this comes judgment, |
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Hebrews 9:28
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so Christ also, having been offered once to
bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference
to sin, to those who eagerly await Him. |
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