²⁶ Then God said, ^(A)“Let us make man^[a] in our image, ^(B)after our likeness. And ^(C)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

²⁸ And God blessed them. And God said to them, ^(E)“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” ²⁹ And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. ^(F)You shall have them for food. ³⁰ And ^(G)to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so. ^31 (H)And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

¹² For ^(A)I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on ^(B)all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: ^(C)I am the Lord. ^13 (D)The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.

¹⁰ but deal only with ^(A)food and drink and ^(B)various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

¹¹ But when Christ appeared as a high priest ^(C)of the good things that have come,^[a] then through ^(D)the greater and more perfect tent (^(E)not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) ¹² he ^(F)entered ^(G)once for all into the holy places, not by means of ^(H)the blood of goats and calves but ^(I)by means of his own blood, ^(J)thus securing an eternal redemption. ¹³ For if ^(K)the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with ^(L)the ashes of a heifer, sanctify^[b] for the purification of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will ^(M)the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit ^(N)offered himself without blemish to God, ^(O)purify our^[c] conscience ^(P)from dead works ^(Q)to serve the living God.

¹⁰ but deal only with ^(A)food and drink and ^(B)various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

¹¹ But when Christ appeared as a high priest ^(C)of the good things that have come,^[a] then through ^(D)the greater and more perfect tent (^(E)not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) ¹² he ^(F)entered ^(G)once for all into the holy places, not by means of ^(H)the blood of goats and calves but ^(I)by means of his own blood, ^(J)thus securing an eternal redemption. ¹³ For if ^(K)the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with ^(L)the ashes of a heifer, sanctify^[b] for the purification of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will ^(M)the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit ^(N)offered himself without blemish to God, ^(O)purify our^[c] conscience ^(P)from dead works ^(Q)to serve the living God.

¹¹ Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering ^(A)myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, ¹² saying with a loud voice,

Satan Thrown Down to Earth

⁷ Now war arose in heaven, ^(A)Michael and ^(B)his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, ⁸ but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. ⁹ And ^(C)the great dragon was thrown down, ^(D)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, ^(E)the deceiver of the whole world—^(F)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. ¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now ^(G)the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers^[a] has been thrown down, ^(H)who accuses them day and night before our God. ¹¹ And ^(I)they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for ^(J)they loved not their lives ^(K)even unto death.

The Eternal Covenant of Peace

¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now ^(A)the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers^[a] has been thrown down, ^(B)who accuses them day and night before our God. ¹¹ And ^(C)they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for ^(D)they loved not their lives ^(E)even unto death.