Hebrews 9:2-14

Sawyer(i) 2 For the first tabernacle was provided, in which were the candlestick and the table and the show bread, which is called the sanctuary. 3 But behind the second vail is the tabernacle, called the inner sanctuary, 4 having the golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid on every side with gold, in which were the golden vase that had the manna and Aaron's rod that budded and the tables of the covenant, 5 and over it were the cherubs of glory, overshadowing the propitiation; of which it is not necessary now to speak particularly. 6 (3:4) And these being thus provided, the priests enter into the first tabernacle continually, performing the services, 7 but into the second once a year only the chief priest [enters], not without blood, which he offers for his errors and those of the people, 8 the Holy Spirit showing this, that the way into the sanctuary is not made manifest while the first tabernacle yet has a standing, 9 which is a type of the time at hand, in which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshipper as to the conscience, 10 only in meats and drinks and different baptisms, and external ordinances, imposed till the time of reformation. 11 (3:5) But Christ having come, a chief priest of the good times that were to come, with a greater and a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, 12 not with blood of goats and bullocks, but with his own blood, entered once into the sanctuary having found eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the defiled, sanctifies to the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who with an eternal spirit offered himself without fault to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.