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22 Indeed according-to[a] the Law almost everything is cleansed[b] with blood, and forgiveness does not take-place[c] apart-from blood-shedding[d]. 23 Therefore it was a necessity that the copies[e] of the things in the heavens be cleansed with these[f] things— but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

He Entered The Heavenly Temple

24 For Christ did not enter into the Holies made-by-human-hands— copies of the true things— but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:22 Or, based-on.
  2. Hebrews 9:22 Or, purified.
  3. Hebrews 9:22 Or, come-about, happen. Or, and there is no forgiveness.
  4. Hebrews 9:22 Or, blood-pouring (on the altar).
  5. Hebrews 9:23 That is, earthly copies.
  6. Hebrews 9:23 That is, the things in v 18-22; the applied blood of animals.

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