Hebrews 9
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Hebrews 9:12-19

12and not through 1the blood of goats and calves, but 2through His own blood, He 3entered the holy place 4once for all, 5having obtained 6eternal redemption. 13For if 7the blood of goats and bulls and 8the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the 9cleansing of the flesh, 14how much more will 10the blood of Christ, who through 1112the eternal Spirit 13offered Himself without blemish to God, 14cleanse 15your conscience from 16dead works to serve 17the living God?

15For this reason 18He is the 19mediator of a 20new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been 21called may 22receive the promise of 23the eternal inheritance. 16For where a 24covenant is, there must of necessity 25be the death of the one who made it. 17For a 26covenant is valid only when 27men are dead, 28for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. 18Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood. 19For when every commandment had been 29spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, 30he took the 31blood of the calves and the goats, with 32water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both 33the book itself and all the people,

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Notes

  1. 1. Hebrews 9:12 Lev 4:3; 16:6, 15; Heb 9:19 ↩
  2. 2. Hebrews 9:12 Heb 9:14; 13:12 ↩
  3. 3. Hebrews 9:12 Heb 9:24 ↩
  4. 4. Hebrews 9:12 Heb 7:27 ↩
  5. 5. Hebrews 9:12 Or obtaining ↩
  6. 6. Hebrews 9:12 Heb 5:9; 9:15 ↩
  7. 7. Hebrews 9:13 Lev 16:15; Heb 9:19; 10:4 ↩
  8. 8. Hebrews 9:13 Num 19:9, 17f ↩
  9. 9. Hebrews 9:13 Lit purity ↩
  10. 10. Hebrews 9:14 Heb 9:12; 13:12 ↩
  11. 11. Hebrews 9:14 Or His eternal spirit ↩
  12. 12. Hebrews 9:14 1 Cor 15:45; 1 Pet 3:18 ↩
  13. 13. Hebrews 9:14 Eph 5:2; Heb 7:27; 10:10, 12 ↩
  14. 14. Hebrews 9:14 Acts 15:9; Titus 2:14; Heb 1:3; 10:2, 22 ↩
  15. 15. Hebrews 9:14 One early ms reads our ↩
  16. 16. Hebrews 9:14 Heb 6:1 ↩
  17. 17. Hebrews 9:14 Matt 16:16; Heb 3:12 ↩
  18. 18. Hebrews 9:15 Rom 3:24 ↩
  19. 19. Hebrews 9:15 1 Tim 2:5; Heb 8:6; 12:24 ↩
  20. 20. Hebrews 9:15 Heb 8:8 ↩
  21. 21. Hebrews 9:15 Matt 22:3ff; Rom 8:28f; Heb 3:1 ↩
  22. 22. Hebrews 9:15 Heb 6:15; 10:36; 11:39 ↩
  23. 23. Hebrews 9:15 Acts 20:32 ↩
  24. 24. Hebrews 9:16 Or testament ↩
  25. 25. Hebrews 9:16 Lit be brought ↩
  26. 26. Hebrews 9:17 Or testament ↩
  27. 27. Hebrews 9:17 Lit over the dead ↩
  28. 28. Hebrews 9:17 Two early mss read for is it then...lives? ↩
  29. 29. Hebrews 9:19 Heb 1:1 ↩
  30. 30. Hebrews 9:19 Ex 24:6ff ↩
  31. 31. Hebrews 9:19 Heb 9:12 ↩
  32. 32. Hebrews 9:19 Lev 14:4, 7; Num 19:6, 18 ↩
  33. 33. Hebrews 9:19 Ex 24:7 ↩

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