Hebrews 9:8-24

English Standard Version

⁸ By this the Holy Spirit indicates that ^(A)the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing ⁹ (which is symbolic for the present age).^[a] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered ^(B)that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, ¹⁰ but deal only with ^(C)food and drink and ^(D)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 ^(E)of the good things that have come,^[b] then through ^(F)the greater and more perfect tent (^(G)not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) ¹² he ^(H)entered ^(I)once for all into the holy places, not by means of ^(J)the blood of goats and calves but ^(K)by means of his own blood, ^(L)thus securing an eternal redemption. ¹³ For if ^(M)the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with ^(N)the ashes of a heifer, sanctify^[c] for the purification of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will ^(O)the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit ^(P)offered himself without blemish to God, ^(Q)purify our^[d] conscience ^(R)from dead works ^(S)to serve the living God.

¹⁵ Therefore he is ^(T)the mediator of a new covenant, so that ^(U)those who are called may ^(V)receive the promised eternal inheritance, ^(W)since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.^{[e] 16} For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. ¹⁷ For ^(X)a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. ¹⁸ Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated ^(Y)without blood. ¹⁹ For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took ^(Z)the blood of calves and goats, ^(AA)with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying, ^(AB)“This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” ²¹ And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both ^(AC)the tent and all the vessels used in worship. ²² Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and ^(AD)without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

²³ Thus it was necessary for ^(AE)the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ has entered, not into holy places ^(AF)made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^(AG)on our behalf.