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Text -- Hebrews 9:13-28 (NET)
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9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity ,
9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ , who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God , purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God .
9:15 And so he is the mediator of a new covenant , so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised , since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant .
9:16 For where there is a will , the death of the one who made it must be proven .
9:17 For a will takes effect only at death , since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive .
9:18 So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood .
9:19 For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law , he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people ,
9:20 and said , “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep .”
9:21 And both the tabernacle and all the utensils of worship he likewise sprinkled with blood .
9:22 Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood , and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness .
9:23 So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices , but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these .
9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation of the true sanctuary – but into heaven itself , and he appears now in God’s presence for us .
9:25 And he did not enter to offer himself again and again , the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own ,
9:26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world . But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice .
9:27 And just as people are appointed to die once , and then to face judgment ,
9:28 so also , after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many , to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time , not to bear sin but to bring salvation .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Blood |
Tabernacle |
ALTAR |
INTERCESSION OF CHRIST |
Jesus, The Christ |
Offerings |
High priest |
LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) |
Types |
ATONEMENT, THE DAY OF |
Law |
COVENANT, THE NEW |
Atonement |
SACRIFICE, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 1 |
CHRIST, OFFICES OF |
TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Symbols and Similitudes |
MEDIATION; MEDIATOR |
PAPYRUS |
Purification |
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NET Notes: Heb 9:13 Grk “for the purifying of the flesh.” The “flesh” here is symbolic of outward or ritual purity in contrast to inner purity, th...
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NET Notes: Heb 9:14 The reading adopted by the translation is attested by many authorities (A D* K P 365 1739* al). But many others (א D2 0278 33 1739c 1881 Ï ...
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NET Notes: Heb 9:18 The Greek text reinforces this by negating the opposite (“not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood”), but this double neg...
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NET Notes: Heb 9:24 The word “sanctuary” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.
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