Hebrews 9:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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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  • Heb 8:5 : 5 Who serve as an example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says He, that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mount.
  • Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
  • Heb 10:1 : 1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come and not the actual form of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make those who come perfect.
  • Heb 10:4 : 4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.
  • Heb 10:10-17 : 10 By that will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God; 13 From that time onward waiting till his enemies are made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. 15 The Holy Spirit also is a witness to us; for after he had said before, 16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them, 17 And their sins and lawless deeds I will remember no more.
  • 1 Pet 1:19-21 : 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, 21 Who through Him 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 book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
  • Luke 24:26 : 26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory?
  • Luke 24:46 : 46 And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day:
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
  • Col 2:17 : 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the substance is of Christ.
  • Heb 9:9-9 : 9 Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience; 10 Concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; 12 Not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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  • Heb 9:18-22
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    18Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

    19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the book itself and all the people,

    20Saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you."

    21Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry.

    22And almost all things are purified by the law with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

  • Heb 9:24-26
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    24For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

    25Not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place every year with the blood of others;

    26For then He would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

  • Heb 9:5-14
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    5And above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak in detail.

    6Now when these things were thus arranged, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, performing the service of God.

    7But into the second the high priest went alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people:

    8The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing:

    9Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience;

    10Concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

    11But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

    12Not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

    13For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh,

    14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Heb 8:2-6
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    2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, and not man.

    3For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore it is necessary that this man also have something to offer.

    4For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are priests that offer gifts according to the law;

    5Who serve as an example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says He, that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mount.

    6But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

  • Heb 10:1-5
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    1For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come and not the actual form of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make those who come perfect.

    2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshipers, once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

    3But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.

    4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.

    5Therefore, when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me:

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

    11For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.

    12Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

  • Heb 9:1-3
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    1Then truly the first covenant also had ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary.

    2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the lampstand, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary.

    3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All;

  • Heb 10:19-20
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    19Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

    20By a new and living way which he consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, his flesh,

  • Heb 7:26-27
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    26For such a high priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;

    27Who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for he did this once, when he offered up himself.

  • Lev 16:19
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    19And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and sanctify it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.

  • Heb 2:17
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    17Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

  • Heb 7:19
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    19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near to God.

  • Heb 12:23-24
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    23To the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,

    24To Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

  • 1 Pet 1:19
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    19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

  • Heb 10:11
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    11And every priest stands daily ministering and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

  • Lev 16:14
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    14And he shall take of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

  • Heb 7:12
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    12For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change also of the law.

  • Heb 10:9
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    9Then he said, Behold, I have come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first that he may establish the second.

  • Heb 5:1
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    1For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in matters related to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

  • Num 31:23
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    23Everything that can withstand the fire, you shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless, it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that cannot withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water.