^26 (A)so that He might sanctify her, having ^(B)cleansed her by the ^(C)washing of water with ^(D)the word,

¹³ For if ^(A)the blood of goats and bulls and ^(B)the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the ^[a]cleansing of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will ^(C)the blood of Christ, who through ^[b](D)the eternal Spirit ^(E)offered Himself without blemish to God, ^(F)cleanse ^[c]your conscience from ^(G)dead works to serve ^(H)the living God?

¹⁵ For this reason ^(I)He is the ^(J)mediator of a ^(K)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 ^(L)called may ^(M)receive the promise of ^(N)the eternal inheritance. ¹⁶ For where a ^[d]covenant is, there must of necessity ^[e]be the death of the one who made it. ¹⁷ For a ^[f]covenant is valid only when ^[g]men are dead, ^[h]for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. ¹⁸ Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood. ¹⁹ For when every commandment had been ^(O)spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, ^(P)he took the ^(Q)blood of the calves and the goats, with ^(R)water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both ^(S)the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying, “^(T)This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.” ²¹ And in the same way he ^(U)sprinkled both the ^[i]tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. ²² And according to the ^[j]Law, one may ^(V)almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and ^(W)without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

²³ Therefore it was necessary for the ^(X)copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but ^(Y)the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ ^(Z)did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of ^(AA)the true one, but into ^(AB)heaven itself, now ^(AC)to appear in the presence of God for us; ²⁵ nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as ^(AD)the high priest enters ^(AE)the holy place ^(AF)year by year with blood that is not his own. ²⁶ Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since ^(AG)the foundation of the world; but now ^(AH)once at ^(AI)the consummation of the ages He has been ^(AJ)manifested to put away sin ^[k](AK)by the sacrifice of Himself. ²⁷ And inasmuch as ^(AL)it is ^[l]appointed for men to die once and after this ^(AM)comes judgment, ²⁸ so Christ also, having been ^(AN)offered once to ^(AO)bear the sins of many, will appear ^(AP)a second time for ^(AQ)salvation ^(AR)without reference to sin, to those who ^(AS)eagerly await Him.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ^(A)the faithful witness, the ^(B)firstborn of the dead, and the ^(C)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^(D)loves us and released us from our sins ^[a]by His blood—