Hebrews 9:23

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Hebrews 9:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

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

22 According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

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

24 For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

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

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Hebrews 9:9

It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

Hebrews 9:10

They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

Hebrews 9:24

For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

Hebrews 8:5

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

Hebrews 10:1

For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

Colossians 2:17

These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

Hebrews 9:11

But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.

Hebrews 9:12

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

Hebrews 9:14

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

Hebrews 10:4

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

Hebrews 10:10

And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 10:11

Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

Hebrews 10:12

But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.

Hebrews 10:13

Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,

Hebrews 10:14

because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

Hebrews 10:15

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:

Hebrews 10:16

“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”

Hebrews 10:17

Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”

Luke 24:46

And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

John 14:3

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.

1 Peter 1:19

but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

1 Peter 1:20

He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

1 Peter 1:21

Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

Revelation 5:9

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.