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Hebrews 9:12-13
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12 he entered once for all into the sanctuary, not with the blood of goats and calves but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.(A) 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer’s ashes[a] can sanctify those who are defiled so that their flesh is cleansed,(B)

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  1. 9:13 A heifer’s ashes: ashes from a red heifer that had been burned were mixed with water and used for the cleansing of those who had become ritually defiled by touching a corpse; see Nm 19:9, 14–21.
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