strkjv - Hebrews - 9
1 Then verily the
first covenant
had also ordinances of divine
service,
and a
worldly sanctuary.
2 For there
was a
tabernacle made ; the
first,
wherein was the
candlestick,
and the
table,
and the
shewbread ;
which is
called the
sanctuary.
3 And after the
second veil, the
tabernacle which is
called the Holiest of
all ;
4 Which
had the
golden censer,
and the
ark of the
covenant overlaid round
about with
gold,
wherein was the
golden pot that
had manna,
and Aarons rod that
budded ,
and the
tables of the
covenant;
5 And over it the
cherubims of
glory shadowing the
mercyseat;
of which we
cannot now speak particularly .
6 Now when these
things were thus ordained , the
priests went always into the
first tabernacle,
accomplishing the
service of God.
7 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:
8 The
Holy Ghost this signifying , that the
way into the holiest of
all was not
yet made
manifest , while as the
first tabernacle was yet standing:
9 Which was a
figure for the
time then
present ,
in which were
offered both gifts and sacrifices, that
could not make him that did the
service perfect , as pertaining
to the
conscience;
10 Which stood
only in meats and drinks,
and divers washings,
and carnal ordinances,
imposed on them
until the
time of
reformation.
11 But Christ being
come an high
priest of good
things to
come ,
by a
greater and more
perfect tabernacle,
not made with
hands, that is to
say ,
not of
this building;
12 Neither by the
blood of
goats and calves,
but by his
own blood he entered
in once into the holy
place, having
obtained eternal redemption for us.
13 For if the
blood of
bulls and of
goats,
and the
ashes of an
heifer sprinkling the
unclean ,
sanctifieth to the
purifying of the
flesh:
14 How
much more shall the
blood of
Christ,
who through the
eternal Spirit offered himself without
spot to
God,
purge your conscience from dead works to serve the
living God?
15 And for
this cause he
is the
mediator of the
new testament,
that by
means of
death,
for the
redemption of the
transgressions that were
under the
first testament, they which are
called might
receive the
promise of
eternal inheritance.
16 For where a
testament is, there must also of
necessity be the
death of the
testator .
17 For a
testament is of
force after men are
dead:
otherwise it is
of no strength at
all while the
testator liveth .
18 Whereupon neither the
first testament was
dedicated without blood.
19 For when Moses had
spoken every precept to
all the
people according to the
law, he
took the
blood of
calves and of
goats,
with water,
and scarlet wool,
and hyssop, and
sprinkled both the
book ,
and all the
people,
20 Saying ,
This is the
blood of the
testament which God hath
enjoined unto you.
21 Moreover he
sprinkled with
blood both the
tabernacle,
and all the
vessels of the
ministry.
22 And almost all
things are by the
law purged with blood;
and without shedding of
blood is no remission.
23 It was
therefore necessary that the
patterns of
things in the
heavens should be
purified with
these;
but the heavenly
things themselves with
better sacrifices than these.
24 For Christ is not entered into the holy
places made with
hands, which are the
figures of the
true;
but into heaven itself,
now to
appear in the
presence of
God for s:
25 Nor yet
that he should
offer himself often,
as the high
priest entereth into the holy
place every year with blood of
others;
26 For
then must he often have
suffered since the
foundation of the
world:
but now once in the
end of the
world hath he
appeared to put
away sin by the
sacrifice of
himself.
27 And as it is
appointed unto
men once to
die ,
but after this the
judgment:
28 So Christ was
once offered to bear the
sins of
many; and unto them that
look for
him shall he
appear the second
time without sin unto salvation.