²³ Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves to be purified with better sacrifices than these.^{(A) 24} For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model^[a] of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that he might now appear in the presence of God for us.^{(B) 25} He did not do this to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary yearly with the blood of another.^{(C) 26} Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared one time, at the end of the ages,^(D) for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of himself.^{(E) 27} And just as it is appointed for people to die once—and after this, judgment^(F)— ²⁸ so also Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many,^(G) will appear a second time,^(H) not to bear sin, but^[b] to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.^(I)