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20 which fresh[a] and living way He inaugurated for us through[b] the curtain, that is[c], His flesh— 21 and having a great Priest over the house of God, 22 let us be approaching God with a true heart in full-assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled[d] from an evil conscience, and having our body washed[e] with clean water.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:20 Or, new, recent.
  2. Hebrews 10:20 Or, by-means-of.
  3. Hebrews 10:20 That is, ‘which fresh and living way... that is, His flesh’; Christ’s body on the cross is the living way through the curtain into the Holies. Or, ‘by-means-of the curtain, that is, His flesh’; Christ’s flesh is a curtain or veil on His true identity.
  4. Hebrews 10:22 As the priests sprinkled animal blood on things to cleanse them, so Christ sprinkles our hearts with His own blood.
  5. Hebrews 10:22 As the high priest was to bathe before entering the Holy of Holies, so we have been spiritually bathed so as to enter the heavenly Holy of Holies.

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