and above it were the (A)cherubim of glory (B)overshadowing the [a]atoning cover; but about these things we cannot now speak in detail.

Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests (C)are continually entering the [b]outer [c]tabernacle, performing the divine worship, but into (D)the second, only (E)the high priest enters (F)once a year, (G)not without taking blood which he (H)offers for himself and for the [d](I)sins of the people committed in ignorance.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:5 Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  2. Hebrews 9:6 Lit first
  3. Hebrews 9:6 Or sacred tent
  4. Hebrews 9:7 Lit ignorance of the people

Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory,(A) overshadowing the atonement cover.(B) But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly(C) into the outer room to carry on their ministry. But only the high priest entered(D) the inner room,(E) and that only once a year,(F) and never without blood,(G) which he offered for himself(H) and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.(I)

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