Heb 9:13-28 | ESV | STEP | For if the blood of goats and bulls , and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer , sanctify for the purification of the flesh ,

Hebrews 9:13-28

13 For if ^athe blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with ^bthe ashes of a heifer, sanctify ^{▼▼Or For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies} for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more will ^dthe blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit ^eoffered himself without blemish to God, ^fpurify our ^{▼▼Some manuscripts your} conscience ^hfrom dead works ⁱto serve the living God.

15 Therefore he is ^jthe mediator of a new covenant, so that ^kthose who are called may ^lreceive the promised eternal inheritance, ^msince a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. ^{▼▼The Greek word means both covenant and will; also verses 16, 17} 16 For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. 17 For ^oa will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated ^pwithout blood. 19 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took ^qthe blood of calves and goats, ^rwith water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, ^s“This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both ^tthe tent and all the vessels used in worship. 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and ^uwithout the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

23 Thus it was necessary for ^vthe copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places ^wmade with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^xon our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as ^ythe high priest enters ^zthe holy places every year with blood not his own, 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, ^aahe has appeared ^abonce for all ^acat the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And just as ^adit is appointed for man to die once, and ^aeafter that comes judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered once ^afto bear the sins of ^agmany, will appear ^aha second time, ^ainot to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly ^ajwaiting for him.