Hebrews 9:23

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Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves require better sacrifices than these.

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  • Heb 8:5 : 5 These priests serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he was about to set up the tabernacle. For God said, 'See that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.'
  • Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
  • Heb 10:1 : 1 For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.
  • Heb 10:4 : 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
  • Heb 10:10-17 : 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins. 12 But this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God. 13 From that time on, He waits until His enemies are made a footstool for His feet. 14 For by one offering, He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. 15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First, He says: 16 "This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts and write them on their minds." 17 Then He adds: 'Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no longer.'
  • 1 Pet 1:19-21 : 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21 Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were slain, and with your blood, you purchased for God people from every tribe, language, people, and nation."
  • Luke 24:26 : 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?"
  • Luke 24:46 : 46 He told them, "This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am, you may be also.
  • Col 2:17 : 17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the reality belongs to Christ.
  • Heb 9:9-9 : 9 This is a symbol for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience. 10 They are only regulations concerning food and drink and various ceremonial washings, external ordinances imposed until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood. He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?

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  • Heb 9:18-22
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    18This is why even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

    19For when every commandment of the law had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

    20saying, 'This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to follow.'

    21In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.

    22Indeed, according to the Law, almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

  • Heb 9:24-26
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    24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

    25Nor did He enter to offer Himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own.

    26Otherwise, He would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

  • Heb 9:5-14
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    5Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot now speak about these things in detail.

    6When these things were arranged this way, the priests would regularly enter the first room of the tabernacle to perform their ministry.

    7But only the high priest entered the second room, and only once a year, never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

    8By this, the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

    9This is a symbol for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience.

    10They are only regulations concerning food and drink and various ceremonial washings, external ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

    11But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

    12He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood. He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

    13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so their bodies are outwardly clean,

    14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we may serve the living God?

  • Heb 8:2-6
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    2He serves in the holy place and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man.

    3Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.

    4If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

    5These priests serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he was about to set up the tabernacle. For God said, 'See that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.'

    6But now Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry, as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been established on better promises.

  • Heb 10:1-5
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    1For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.

    2Otherwise, wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having been cleansed once for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

    3But instead, these sacrifices serve as a reminder of sins year after year.

    4For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

    5Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me.

  • Heb 13:10-12
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    10We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat.

    11The high priest brings the blood of animals into the holy places as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp.

    12So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through His own blood.

  • Heb 9:1-3
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    1The first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.

    2For a tabernacle was prepared, the first room containing the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the bread, which is called the Holy Place.

    3Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place.

  • Heb 10:19-20
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    19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

    20by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body,

  • Heb 7:26-27
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    26Such a high priest truly meets our need: one who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

    27He does not need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people. He did this once for all when he offered himself.

  • Lev 16:19
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    19He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

  • Heb 2:17
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    17Therefore, He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in service to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

  • Heb 7:19
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    19(for the law made nothing perfect), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

  • Heb 12:23-24
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    23to the assembly of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

    24to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

  • 1 Pet 1:19
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    19but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.

  • Heb 10:11
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    11Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins.

  • Lev 16:14
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    14He shall take some of the bull's blood and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the atonement cover; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the atonement cover.

  • Heb 7:12
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    12For when there is a change in the priesthood, there must also be a change in the law.

  • Heb 10:9
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    9then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second.

  • Heb 5:1
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    1For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

  • Num 31:23
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    23everything that can withstand fire, you must pass through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must also be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand fire, you must pass through the water.