09:01 .. now even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary 09:02 .. 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 09:03 .. behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies 09:04 .. 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 ethe tables of the covenant 09:05 .. and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat .. but of these things we cannot now speak in detail 09:06 .. now when these things have been so prepared .. the priests are continually entering the outer tabernacle performing the divine worship 09:07 .. but into the second .. only the high priest enters conce a year .. not without taking blood .. .......... which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance 09:08 .. 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 09:09 .. which is a symbol for the present time .. accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the .......... worshiper perfect in conscience 09:10 .. since they relate only to food and drink and various washings .. regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation 09:11 .. 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 09:12 .. 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 09:13 .. 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 09:14 .. 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
09:15 .. 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 09:16 .. for where a covenant is .. there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it 09:17 .. for a covenant is valid only when men are dead .. for it is never in force while the one who made it lives 09:18 .. therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood 09:19 .. 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 09:20 .. saying . . . this is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you 09:21 .. and in the same way he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood 09:22 .. and according to the Law .. one may almost say .. all things are cleansed with blood .. .......... and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness 09:23 .. therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these .. b .......... ut the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these 09:24 .. 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 09:25 .. 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 09:26 .. 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 09:27 .. and inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment 09:28 .. 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
Christ is a more excellent high priest than any under the law .. who but prefigured the work he came to do .. he has entered once for all within the holiest place .. having undertaken to be our high priest he could not have been admitted into heaven without shedding his blood for us .. having no errors of his own to offer for .. and neither can any of us enter God’s glorious presence except by a saving trust in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus .. without which remission for sins is impossible . . . . v 24-28 we have here three great aspects of the work of Christ .. v 26 atonement .. the past tense of his work for our salvation .. v 24 advocacy .. the present tense of his work for us .. v 28 advent .. when he will return to complete our salvation from the very presence of sin