Hebrews 9:8

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The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle was standing.

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  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
  • Heb 3:7 : 7 Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!
  • Heb 4:15-16 : 15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
  • Heb 9:3 : 3 And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies.
  • Heb 10:15 : 15 And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,
  • Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
  • 2 Pet 1:21 : 21 for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
  • Acts 7:51-52 : 51 “You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did! 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!
  • Acts 28:25 : 25 So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement:“The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah
  • Gal 3:8 : 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying,“All the nations will be blessed in you.”
  • Eph 2:18 : 18 so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
  • Isa 63:11 : 11 His people remembered the ancient times. Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherd of his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them,
  • John 10:7 : 7 So Jesus said again,“I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep.
  • John 10:9 : 9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 9:1-7
    7 verses
    82%

    1The Arrangement and Ritual of the Earthly Sanctuary Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.

    2For a tent was prepared, the outer one, which contained the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this is called the holy place.

    3And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies.

    4It contained the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered entirely with gold. In this ark were the golden urn containing the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

    5And above the ark were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

    6So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent as they perform their duties.

    7But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

  • Heb 9:9-14
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    81%

    9This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.

    10They served only for matters of food and drink and various ritual washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.

    11Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

    12and he entered once for all into the most holy place not by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood, and so he himself secured eternal redemption.

    13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,

    14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.

  • Heb 9:20-25
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    79%

    20and said,“This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.”

    21And both the tabernacle and all the utensils of worship he likewise sprinkled with blood.

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

    23So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these.

    24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands– the representation of the true sanctuary– but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.

    25And he did not enter to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

  • Heb 8:1-7
    7 verses
    78%

    1The High Priest of a Better Covenant Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

    2a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.

    3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.

    4Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

    5The place where they serve is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God as he was about to complete the tabernacle. For he says,“See that you make everything according to the design shown to you on the mountain.”

    6But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

    7For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one.

  • Heb 9:18
    76%

    18So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.

  • Heb 10:19-21
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    75%

    19Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

    20by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

    21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

  • Heb 10:15
    73%

    15And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,

  • Heb 10:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Concluding Exposition: Old and New Sacrifices Contrasted For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.

    2For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have no further consciousness of sin?

  • Heb 8:13
    71%

    13When he speaks of a new covenant, he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear.

  • Heb 13:10-11
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    70%

    10We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

    11For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp.

  • Heb 7:19-20
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    70%

    19for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

    20And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation– for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

  • Heb 6:20
    70%

    20where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Lev 16:17
    70%

    17Nobody is to be in the Meeting Tent when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he goes out, and he has made atonement on his behalf, on behalf of his household, and on behalf of the whole assembly of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 8:10
    69%

    10Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the LORD’s temple.

  • Num 9:15
    69%

    15The Leading of the Lord On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle– the tent of the testimony– and from evening until morning there was a fiery appearance over the tabernacle.

  • Heb 4:6
    69%

    6Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

  • Heb 10:4
    69%

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

  • Exod 26:33
    69%

    33You are to hang this curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony in there behind the curtain. The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.

  • Exod 40:9
    69%

    9And take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and sanctify it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy.

  • Rev 15:5
    69%

    5After these things I looked, and the temple(the tent of the testimony) was opened in heaven,

  • Heb 10:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

    11And every priest stands day after day serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again– sacrifices that can never take away sins.

  • John 7:39
    68%

    39(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)