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For the law constituted infirm men priests; but the word of the oath, which was subsequent to the law, (hath constituted) THE SON perfect for evermore.

For if the first covenant had been faultless, no place had there been for this second.

For reprehending them he saith, Behold, the days are coming, saith the Lord, and I will complete with [fn] the family of the house of Israel, and with the family of the house of Jihuda,

For in the first tabernacle that was made there were the candelabrum, and the table, and the presencebread [fn] ; and this was called the Holy place.

but into the tabernacle which was within, one day in the year, alone, entered the high priest, with that blood which he offered for himself and the sins of the people.

And this was a figurative representation [fn] for the time in which oblations and victims have been offered;-those which have not been able to perfect the consciousness of him who offered them;

For if the blood of goats and of calves, and the dust of an heifer, sprinkled upon those who were unclean, sanctifieth them for the purification of their flesh,

For this was he made the Mediator of the new covenant, that by his death he might become the ransom for those who had transgressed against the first covenant, (and) that they might receive the promise, they, who are called unto the inheritance which is eternal.

For where a covenant [fn] is, there is indicated the DEATH of that which made it.

For upon death only is it confirmed; because while he who made it lived there is no value in it.

For when every precept had been enjoined by Musha to the whole people according to the law, Musha took the blood of the heifer, and water, with the scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled upon the books and upon all the people,

For it was necessary that these which are a type of the heavenlies, with (these) things should be purified; but the heavenlies themselves with sacrifices that are more excellent than they.

For not into the sanctuary made with hands hath the Meshiha entered, which is an emblem of the true one, but into heaven itself hath he entered, that he might appear before the face of Aloha for us.

28 so also the Meshiha was once offered, and in his (own) person sacrificed (for) the sins of many; but the second time [fn] without sins he appeareth for the salvation of them who expect him.

For there was in the law the shadow of good things to come, not the subsistence of the very things, therefore (though) every year the same sacrifices were offered they could never perfect those who offered them.

For if they had perfected, they would have ceased afterward from the presentation of them; because the conscience of those who had been once purified by them would not henceforth have been troubled by (such) sins.

For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and of goats to purify (from) sins.

and entire burnt-offerings for sins thou hast not required.

Above [fn] he said, Victims, and oblations, and entire burnt-offerings for sin thou hast not willed; those which are offered in the law.

For by this his will we are sanctified by the offering of the body of Jeshu Meshiha, which was once.