Hebrews 9:5-7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
5 above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat.[a] Of these things we cannot speak now in detail.
6 Such preparations having been made, the priests go continually into the first tent[b] to carry out their ritual duties; 7 but only the high priest goes into the second, and he but once a year, and not without taking the blood that he offers for himself and for the sins committed unintentionally by the people.
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- Hebrews 9:5 Or the place of atonement
- Hebrews 9:6 Or tabernacle
Hebrews 9:5-7
King James Version
5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
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