and above it were the (A)cherubim of glory (B)overshadowing the [a]atoning cover; but about these things we cannot now speak in detail.

Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests (C)are continually entering the [b]outer [c]tabernacle, performing the divine worship, but into (D)the second, only (E)the high priest enters (F)once a year, (G)not without taking blood which he (H)offers for himself and for the [d](I)sins of the people committed in ignorance.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:5 Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  2. Hebrews 9:6 Lit first
  3. Hebrews 9:6 Or sacred tent
  4. Hebrews 9:7 Lit ignorance of the people

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