²⁰ Adam^[a] named his wife Eve,^[b](A) because she would become the mother of all the living.

²¹ The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.^{(B) 22} And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,^(C) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life^(D) and eat, and live forever.” ²³ So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden^(E) to work the ground^(F) from which he had been taken. ²⁴ After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side^[c] of the Garden of Eden^(G) cherubim^(H) and a flaming sword^(I) flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.^(J)

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10 The law is only a shadow^(A) of the good things^(B) that are coming—not the realities themselves.^(C) For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect^(D) those who draw near to worship.^{(E) 2} Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.^{(F) 3} But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.^{(G) 4} It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats^(H) to take away sins.^(I)

⁵ Therefore, when Christ came into the world,^(J) he said: