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[a] 21 And in the same way, he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. [b] 22 And nearly everything is purified in blood according to the Torah, and apart from the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.[c]

23 Therefore it was necessary for the replicas of these heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices—but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:21 Exod. 24:8.
  2. Hebrews 9:22 cf. Exod. 29:12; Lev. 8:15.
  3. Hebrews 9:22 Lit. pardon, cancellation, removal; cf. Mt. 6:12; Mk. 1:4; Lev. 16:26(LXX).