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But only the high priest entered(A) the inner room,(B) and that only once a year,(C) and never without blood,(D) which he offered for himself(E) and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.(F)

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But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent,[a] and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:7 tn Grk “the second tent.”
  2. Hebrews 9:7 tn Or perhaps “the unintentional sins of the people”; Grk “the ignorances of the people.” Cf. BDAG 13 s.v. ἀγνόημα, “sin committed in ignorance/unintentionally.” This term seems to be simply a synonym for “sins” (cf. Heb 5:2) and does not pick up the distinction made in Num 15:22-31 between unwitting sin and “high-handed” sin. The Day of Atonement ritual in Lev 16 covered all the sins of the people, not just the unwitting ones.

But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

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But into the second part the high priest went alone (A)once a year, not without blood, which he offered for (B)himself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance;

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but into the second only (A)the high priest goes, and he but (B)once a year, and not without taking blood, (C)which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.

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