Hebrews 9

1 It had, indeed, then (even the first dwelling place) ordinances of service, also a worldly sanctuary,

Now the first agreement had its rules of worship, and a holy order.

2 for a dwelling place was prepared, the first, in which was both the lampstand, and the table, and the Bread of the Presentation—which is called “Holy”;

For the first Tent was made ready, having in it the vessels for the lights and the table and the ordering of the bread; and this is named the holy place.

3 and after the second veil a dwelling place that is called “Holy of Holies,”

And inside the second veil was the place which is named the Holy of holies;

4 having a golden censer, and the Ark of the Covenant overlaid all over with gold, in which [is] the golden pot having the manna, and the rod of Aaron that budded, and the tablets of the covenant,

Having a vessel of gold in it for burning perfumes, and the ark of the agreement, which was covered with gold and which had in it a pot made of gold for the manna, and Aaron's rod which put out buds, and the stones with the writing of the agreement;

5 and over it cherubim of the glory, overshadowing the propitiatory covering, concerning which we are not to particularly speak now.

And over it were the winged ones of glory with their wings covering the mercy-seat; about which it is not possible now to say anything in detail.

6 And these things having been thus prepared, into the first dwelling place, indeed, the priests go in at all times, performing the services,

Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.

7 and into the second, once in the year, only the chief priest, not apart from blood, which he offers for himself and the errors of the people.

But only the high priest went into the second, once a year, not without making an offering of blood for himself and for the errors of the people:

8 By this the Holy Spirit was making evident that the way of the holy [places] has not yet been revealed, the first dwelling place yet having a standing,

The Holy Spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;

9 which [is] an allegory in regard to the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered, which are not able, in regard to conscience, to make perfect him who is serving,

And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

10 only on the basis of food, and drinks, and different immersions, and fleshly ordinances—until the time of reformation imposed on [them].

Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.

11 But Christ having come, Chief Priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect dwelling place not made with hands—that is, not of this creation—

But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,

12 neither through blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, entered in once into the holy places, having obtained continuous redemption; (aiōnios g166)

And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood. (aiōnios g166)

13 for if the blood of bulls, and goats, and ashes of a heifer, sprinkling those defiled, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh,

For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the dust from the burning of a young cow, being put on the unclean, make the flesh clean:

14 how much more will the blood of the Christ (who through the perpetual Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (aiōnios g166)

How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God? (aiōnios g166)

15 And because of this, He is mediator of a new covenant, that [His] death having come for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those called may receive the promise of the continuous inheritance, (aiōnios g166)

And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage. (aiōnios g166)

16 for where a covenant [is], [it is] necessary to establish the death of the [one] having made [it],

Because where there is a testament, there has to be the death of the man who made it.

17 for a covenant is affirmed at death, since it is not in force at all when the [one] having made [it] lives,

For a testament has effect after death; for what power has it while the man who made it is living?

18 for which reason, not even the first has been initiated apart from blood,

So that even the first agreement was not made without blood.

19 for every command having been spoken, according to law, by Moses, to all the people, having taken the blood of the calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,

For when Moses had given all the rules of the law to the people, he took the blood of goats and young oxen, with water and red wool and hyssop, and put it on the book itself and on all the people,

20 saying, “This [is] the blood of the covenant that God enjoined to you,”

Saying, This blood is the sign of the agreement which God has made with you.

21 and he sprinkled both the Dwelling Place and all the vessels of the service with blood in like manner,

And the blood was put on the Tent and all the holy vessels in the same way.

22 and with blood almost all things are purified according to the Law, and forgiveness does not come apart from blood-shedding.

And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness.

23 [It is] necessary, therefore, the pattern indeed of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;

For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

24 for the Christ did not enter into holy places made with hands—figures of the true—but into Heaven itself, now to be manifested in the presence of God for us;

For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

25 nor that He may offer Himself many times, even as the chief priest enters into the holy places every year with blood of others,

And he did not have to make an offering of himself again and again, as the high priest goes into the holy place every year with blood which is not his;

26 otherwise it was necessary for Him to suffer many times from the foundation of the world, but now He has been revealed once, at the full end of the ages, for [the] annulling of sin through His sacrifice; (aiōn g165)

For then he would have undergone a number of deaths from the time of the making of the world: but now he has come to us at the end of the old order, to put away sin by the offering of himself. (aiōn g165)

27 and as it is reserved for men to die once, and after this—judgment,

And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;

28 so also the Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, apart from a sin-offering, for salvation to those waiting for Him!

So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.