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Hebrews 9:23

NETBible	So it was necessary for the sketches¹ of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices,² but the heavenly things themselves required³ better sacrifices than these.
NIV © biblegateway Heb 9:23	It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
NASB © biblegateway Heb 9:23	Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
NLT © biblegateway Heb 9:23	That is why the earthly tent and everything in it––which were copies of things in heaven––had to be purified by the blood of animals. But the real things in heaven had to be purified with far better sacrifices than the blood of animals.
MSG © biblegateway Heb 9:23	That accounts for the prominence of blood and death in all these secondary practices that point to the realities of heaven. It also accounts for why, when the real thing takes place, these animal sacrifices aren't needed anymore, having served their purpose.
BBE © SABDAweb Heb 9:23	For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.
NRSV © bibleoremus Heb 9:23	Thus it was necessary for the sketches of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves need better sacrifices than these.
NKJV © biblegateway Heb 9:23	Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
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KJV	[It was] therefore <3767> necessary <318> that the patterns <5262> of things <3303> in <1722> the heavens <3772> should be purified <2511> (5745) with these <5125>_; but <1161> the heavenly things <2032> themselves <846> with better <2909> sacrifices <2378> than <3844> these <5025>_.
NASB © biblegateway Heb 9:23	Therefore <3767> it was necessary <318> for the copies <5262> of the things in the heavens <3772> to be cleansed <2511> with these <3778> , but the heavenly <2032> things <2032> themselves <846> with better <2909> sacrifices <2378> than <3844> these <3778> .
NET [draft] ITL	So <3767> it was necessary <318> for the sketches of the things <5262> in <1722> heaven <3772> to be purified <2511> with these sacrifices <5125> , but <1161> the heavenly things <2032> themselves <846> required better <2909> sacrifices <2378> than <3844> these <3778> .
GREEK	anagkh <318> N-NSF oun <3767> CONJ ta <3588> T-APN men <3303> PRT upodeigmata <5262> N-APN twn <3588> T-GPN en <1722> PREP toiv <3588> T-DPM ouranoiv <3772> N-DPM toutoiv <5125> D-DPN kayarizesyai <2511> (5745) V-PPN auta <846> P-APN de <1161> CONJ ta <3588> T-APN epourania <2032> A-APN kreittosin <2909> A-DPF yusiaiv <2378> N-DPF para <3844> PREP tautav <3778> D-APF

NETBible

So it was necessary for the sketches¹ of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices,² but the heavenly things themselves required³ better sacrifices than these.

NET Notes

¹tn Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See Heb 8:5 above for the prior use of this term.

²tn Grk “with these”; in the translation the referent (sacrifices) has been specified for clarity.

³tn Grk “the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”