Heb 9:8-28 | ESV | STEP | By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing

Hebrews 9:8-28

8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that ^athe way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing 9 (which is symbolic for the present age). ^{▼▼Or which is symbolic for the age then present} According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered ^cthat cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10 but deal only with ^dfood and drink and ^evarious washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest ^fof the good things that have come, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts good things to come} then through ^hthe greater and more perfect tent ( ⁱnot made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he ^jentered ^konce for all into the holy places, not by means of ^lthe blood of goats and calves but ^mby means of his own blood, ⁿthus securing an eternal redemption. 13 For if ^othe blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with ^pthe 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 ^rthe blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit ^soffered himself without blemish to God, ^tpurify our ^{▼▼Some manuscripts your} conscience ^vfrom dead works ^wto serve the living God.

15 Therefore he is ^xthe mediator of a new covenant, so that ^ythose who are called may ^zreceive the promised eternal inheritance, ^aasince 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 ^aca 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 ^adwithout blood. 19 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took ^aethe blood of calves and goats, ^afwith water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, ^ag“This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both ^ahthe tent and all the vessels used in worship. 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and ^aiwithout the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

23 Thus it was necessary for ^ajthe 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 ^akmade with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^alon our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as ^amthe high priest enters ^anthe 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, ^aohe has appeared ^aponce for all ^aqat the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And just as ^arit is appointed for man to die once, and ^asafter that comes judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered once ^atto bear the sins of ^aumany, will appear ^ava second time, ^awnot to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly ^axwaiting for him.