Hebrews 9:23-25
International Standard Version
The Messiah’s Perfect Sacrifice
23 Thus it was necessary for these earthly[a] copies of the things in heaven to be cleansed by these sacrifices,[b] but the heavenly things themselves are made clean[c] with better sacrifices than these. 24 For the Messiah[d] did not go into a sanctuary made by human[e] hands that is merely a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, to appear now in God’s presence on our behalf. 25 Nor did he go into heaven[f] to sacrifice himself again and again, the way the high priest goes into the Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
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- Hebrews 9:23 The Gk. lacks earthly
- Hebrews 9:23 Lit. by these things
- Hebrews 9:23 The Gk. lacks are made clean
- Hebrews 9:24 Or Christ
- Hebrews 9:24 The Gk. lacks human
- Hebrews 9:25 The Gk. lacks did he go into heaven
Hebrews 9:23-25
King James Version
23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
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