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Now with these things prepared this way,

the kohanim
    do continually enter
        into the outer tent[a]
            while completing the services;
        but into the inner,[b]
    once a year,

the kohen gadol alone[c]—and not without blood which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins[d] of the people. By this the Ruach ha-Kodesh makes clear that the way into the Holies has not yet been revealed while the first tent is still standing.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:6 Lit. first tent, i.e. the Holy Place; cf. Exod. 27:20-21.
  2. Hebrews 9:7 Lit. second, i.e. the Holy of Holies; cf. Lev. 16:2, 34.
  3. Hebrews 9:7 cf. Exod. 30:10; Lev. 16:15, 34.
  4. Hebrews 9:7 cf. Num. 15:22, 30.