1 Therefore also indeed, the first had ordinances of sacred service and a worldly sanctuary. VP
2 For a tabernacle was prepared, the first [room] in which [were] both the lampstand and the table, and the loaves of the presentation, which is called “Holy.” VP
3 Now behind the second veil [was] a tabernacle, being called “Holy of Holies,” VP
4 having [the] golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant having been covered around in every part with gold, in which [was] [the] golden jar having the manna, and the staff of Aaron having budded, and the tablets of the covenant. VP
5 And far above it [were] [the] cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat—concerning which it is not now [time] to speak particularly. VP
6 Now these things having been prepared thus, indeed the priests enter into the first tabernacle at all [times], accomplishing the sacred services, VP
7 but only the high priest into the second, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and [for] the sins of ignorance of the people. VP
8 By this the Holy Spirit [was] making clear [that] the way into the holy [places] had not yet been made manifest, the first tabernacle still having a standing, VP
9 which [is] a parable for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, not being able to make perfect in regard to conscience the [one] doing sacred service, VP
10 [consisting] only in foods and drinks and various washings—ordinances of [the] flesh being imposed until [the] time of reformation. VP
11 But Christ, having come [as] high priest of the good things coming, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made by hands, that is, not of this creation, VP
12 nor by blood of goats and calves, but through [His] own blood, He entered once for all into the holy [places], having obtained eternal redemption. VP
13 For if the blood of goats and of bulls and [the] ashes of a heifer sprinkling the [ones] having been defiled sanctify [them] for the purification of the flesh, VP
14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through [the] eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our conscience from dead works, in order to serve [the] living God! VP
15 And because of this, He is [the] mediator of a new covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the transgressions upon the first covenant, those having been called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. VP
16 For where [there is] a covenant, [there is] a necessity to bring forth [the] death of the [one] having made [it]. VP
17 For a covenant [is] firm upon death, since it is not in force at the time when the [one] having made [it] is living, VP
18 wherefore neither has the first been inaugurated without blood. VP
19 For [on] every commandment having been spoken according to the law by Moses to all the people, having taken the blood of calves and of goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people, VP
20 saying, “This [is] the blood of the covenant, which God commanded to you⁺.” VP
21 And likewise he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the sacred service with blood. VP
22 And with blood almost all things are purified according to the law, and without blood-shedding there is no forgiveness. VP
23 Therefore [there was] a necessity indeed [for] the representations of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. VP
24 For Christ entered not into holy [places] made by hands, copies of the true [ones], but into heaven itself, now to appear for us in the presence of God, VP
25 nor that He should offer Himself many times, just as the high priest enters into the holy [places] every year with [the] blood of another. VP
26 Otherwise it was necessary for Him to have suffered many times from [the] foundation of [the] world. But now He has been revealed once in [the] consummation of the ages for [the] putting away of sin by the sacrifice of Himself. VP
27 And inasmuch as it is apportioned to men to die once, and after this, judgment, VP
28 so also Christ, having been offered once in order to bear [the] sins of many, will appear for a second time, apart from sin, to those eagerly awaiting Him for salvation. VP