¹² he ^(A)entered ^(B)once for all into the holy places, not by means of ^(C)the blood of goats and calves but ^(D)by means of his own blood, ^(E)thus securing an eternal redemption. ¹³ For if ^(F)the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with ^(G)the ashes of a heifer, sanctify^[a] for the purification of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will ^(H)the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit ^(I)offered himself without blemish to God, ^(J)purify our^[b] conscience ^(K)from dead works ^(L)to serve the living God.

¹⁵ Therefore he is ^(M)the mediator of a new covenant, so that ^(N)those who are called may ^(O)receive the promised eternal inheritance, ^(P)since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.^{[c] 16} For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. ¹⁷ For ^(Q)a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. ¹⁸ Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated ^(R)without blood. ¹⁹ For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took ^(S)the blood of calves and goats, ^(T)with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying, ^(U)“This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” ²¹ And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both ^(V)the tent and all the vessels used in worship. ²² Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and ^(W)without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.