Hebrews 9:23
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23 [a]Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified by these rites, but the heavenly things themselves by better sacrifices than these.(A)
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- 9:23–28 Since the blood of animals became a cleansing symbol among Old Testament prefigurements, it was necessary that the realities foreshadowed be brought into being by a shedding of blood that was infinitely more effective by reason of its worth (Hb 9:23). Christ did not simply prefigure the heavenly realities (Hb 9:24) by performing an annual sacrifice with a blood not his own (Hb 9:25); he offered the single sacrifice of himself as the final annulment of sin (Hb 9:26). Just as death is the unrepeatable act that ends a person’s life, so Christ’s offering of himself for all is the unrepeatable sacrifice that has once for all achieved redemption (Hb 9:27–28).
Hebrews 9:23
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23 It was necessary, then, for the copies(A) of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Exodus 25:40
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40 See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.(A)
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Exodus 25:40
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40 See that you make them according to the pattern(A) shown you on the mountain.
Acts 7:44
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44 Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the desert just as the One who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.(A)
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Acts 7:44
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44 “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law(A) with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.(B)
Colossians 2:17
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17 These are shadows of things to come; the reality belongs to Christ.(A)
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Colossians 2:17
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17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come;(A) the reality, however, is found in Christ.
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