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And these things thus having been prepared, the priests accomplishing the services are continually going into the first tabernacle. But into the second only the high priest goes once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and the ignorances[a] of the people—

God Was Making Clear That The Way Into The Holies Was Not Yet Revealed

... the Holy Spirit making this clear: that the way of [b] the Holies has not yet been made-known while the first tabernacle[c] was[d] still having[e] a standing,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:7 That is, sins of ignorance.
  2. Hebrews 9:8 That is, leading into.
  3. Hebrews 9:8 That is, the outer room of the tabernacle, as in v 2 and 6; or, the tabernacle as a whole, the sanctuary of the first covenant.
  4. Hebrews 9:8 Or, is.
  5. Hebrews 9:8 That is, was having an appointed place in the divine order, a standing with God (this ended when Christ died and the curtain was torn); or, is physically standing (this ended in a.d. 70).

When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly(A) into the outer room to carry on their ministry. But only the high priest entered(B) the inner room,(C) and that only once a year,(D) and never without blood,(E) which he offered for himself(F) and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.(G) The Holy Spirit was showing(H) by this that the way(I) into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning.

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