Hebrews 9
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1Now indeed even the first#9:1 TR adds “tabernacle” covenant had ordinances of divine service and an earthly sanctuary. 2For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lamp stand, the table, and the show bread, which is called the Holy Place. 3After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, 4having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant; 5and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.
6Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services, 7but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people. 8The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn’t yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing. 9This is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshiper perfect, 10being only (with foods and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
11But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, 12nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption. 13For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh, 14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. 16For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it. 17For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives. 18Therefore even the first covenant has not been dedicated without blood. 19For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”#Exodus 24:8
21He sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry in the same way with the blood. 22According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
23It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ hasn’t entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own, 26or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment, 28so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
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Hebrews 9
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The Old Pattern of Worship
1Now in the first covenant there were specific rules for worship including a sanctuary on earth to worship in. 2When you entered the tabernacle you would first come into the holy chamber where you would find the lampstand # 9:2 See Ex. 25:31–40; Lev. 24:1–4. and the bread of his presence on the fellowship table. # 9:2 See Ex. 25:23–30; 39:36. This fellowship table had twelve loaves of sacred bread. See also Lev. 24:5–9. 3Then as you pass through the next curtain # 9:3 See Ex. 26:31–35. you would enter the innermost chamber called, the holiest sanctuary of all. # 9:3 Or “holy of holies,” that is, the holiest place of all. 4It contained the golden altar of incense and the ark of covenant mercy, which was a wooden box covered entirely with gold. And placed inside the ark of covenant mercy was the golden jar with mystery-manna inside, # 9:4 The Hebrew word for “manna,” the wilderness bread, means “mystery” or “What is it?” Aaron’s resurrection rod, which had sprouted, and the stone tablets engraved with the covenant laws. 5On top of the lid of the ark were two cherubim, angels of splendor, with outstretched wings overshadowing the throne of mercy. # 9:5 Or “the place of atonement.” See Ex. 25:18–22. But now is not the time to discuss further the significant details of these things.
6So with this prescribed pattern of worship the priests would routinely go in and out of the first chamber to perform their religious duties. 7And the high priest was permitted to enter into the Holiest Sanctuary of All only once a year and he could never enter without first offering sacrificial blood for both his own sins and for the sins of the people.
8Now the Holy Spirit uses the symbols of this pattern of worship to reveal that the perfect way of holiness # 9:8 As translated from the Aramaic. The Greek is “the way into the Holy Place.” had not yet been unveiled. For as long as the tabernacle stood 9it was an illustration # 9:9 The Aramaic can be translated “mystery.” that pointed to our present time of fulfillment, demonstrating that offerings and animal sacrifices had failed to perfectly cleanse the conscience of the worshiper. 10For this old pattern of worship was a matter of external rules and rituals concerning food and drink and ceremonial washings which was imposed upon us until the appointed time of heart-restoration had arrived. # 9:10 The Greek word diothosis is used only here in the New Testament. It means “to set things right,” or “to snap a broken bone back into place,” by implication restoration.
The Heavenly Pattern of Worship
11But now the Anointed One has become the King-Priest of every wonderful thing that has come. # 9:11 The Aramaic can be translated “the good things that he did.” Some Greek manuscripts have “good things that are coming.” For he serves in a greater, more perfect heavenly tabernacle not made by men, that is to say, not a part of this creation. 12And he has entered once and forever into the Holiest Sanctuary of All, not with the blood of animal sacrifices, but the sacred blood of his own sacrifice. And he alone has made our salvation # 9:12 Or “He has paid the ransom [redemption] forever.” secure forever!
13Under the old covenant the blood of bulls, goats, and the ashes of a heifer were sprinkled on those who were defiled and effectively cleansed them outwardly from their ceremonial impurities. 14Yet how much more will the sacred blood of the Messiah thoroughly cleanse our consciences! For by the power of the eternal Spirit he has offered himself to God as the perfect # 9:14 Or “unblemished.” Sacrifice that now frees # 9:14 Or “purifies.” us from our dead works # 9:14 Or “what we did when we were corpses.” to worship and serve the living God.
15So Jesus is the One who has enacted a new covenant with a new relationship with God so that those who accept the invitation # 9:15 Or “those who are called.” will receive the eternal inheritance he has promised to his heirs. For he died to release us from the guilt of the violations committed under the first covenant.
16-17Now a person’s last will and testament can only take effect after one has been proven to have died; otherwise the will cannot be in force while the person who made it is still alive. 18So this is why not even the first covenant was inaugurated without the blood of animals. 19For Moses ratified the covenant after he gave the people all the commandments of the law. He took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and a hyssop branch, and sprinkled both the people and the book of the covenant, # 9:19 See Ex. 24:3, 7. 20saying,
“This is the blood of the covenant that God commands you to keep.” # 9:20 See Ex. 24:8. The blood of Jesus gave birth to the new covenant for the forgiveness of sins. See Matt. 26:28.
21And later Moses also sprinkled the tabernacle with blood and every utensil and item used in their service of worship. 22Actually, nearly everything under the law was purified with blood, since forgiveness only comes through an outpouring of blood.
23And so it was necessary for all the earthly symbols # 9:23 Or “outlines” or “sketches.” of the heavenly realities to be purified with these animal sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required a superior sacrifice than these. 24For the Messiah did not enter into the earthly tabernacle made by men, which was but an echo of the true sanctuary, but he entered into heaven itself to appear before the face # 9:24 As translated from the Aramaic (Hebrew), which has no word equivalent for “presence,” only “face.” To come into God’s presence meant that you come before his face. of God in our place. 25Under the old system year after year the high priest entered the most holy sanctuary with blood that was not his own. But the Messiah did not need to repeatedly offer himself year after year, 26for that would mean he must suffer repeatedly ever since the fall of the world. # 9:26 Or “from the foundation of the world.” The Greek word katabole can also mean “laying down” or “falling down” (of the world through sin), which by implication means Adam’s sin. But now he has appeared at the fulfillment of the ages to abolish # 9:26 The Aramaic can be translated “annihilate sin.” sin once and for all by the sacrifice of himself!
27Every human being is appointed to die once, and then to face God’s judgment. # 9:27 The Greek is literally “a court trial.” 28But when we die we will be face-to-face with Christ, the One who experienced death once for all to bear the sins of many! # 9:28 The Aramaic can be translated “to burn away [obliterate] the sins of many.” See Isa. 53:12. And now to those who eagerly await him, he will appear a second time; not to deal with sin, but to bring us the fullness of salvation. # 9:28 There is a salvation that is yet to be unveiled. See 1 Peter 1:5.
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