Hebrews 9:2-15

Anderson(i) 2 for a tabernacle was constructed, the first, in which were the candlestick, and the table, and the presence bread; and this tabernacle is called holy. 3 But after the second vail, the tabernacle which is called the holy of holies; 4 which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which were the golden pot that held the manna, and the rod of Aaron that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 5 and over the ark, the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we can not now speak particularly. 6 Now, when these things were thus arranged, the priests went, at all times, into the first tabernacle, discharging the service of God. 7 But into the second, the high priest alone went, once during the year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: 8 the Holy Spirit signifying this, that the way into the most holy was not yet made manifest, while the first tabernacle was still standing, 9 which, as a symbol, remains to the present time, in which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that can not make perfect, as it respects the conscience, him that does the service; 10 since he relies only on meats and drinks and various immersions, ordinances in deed of the flesh, which were imposed till the time of reformation. 11 But Christ, having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, (that is, not of this building,) 12 entered, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, once for all, into the most holy, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, cleanses them as it respects the purity of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of the Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works, in order that you may serve the living God? 15 And for this reason, he is the mediator of the new covenant: that, since his death has taken place for the redemption of transgressions that were under the former covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.