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For he chideth them and saith: Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will complete with the family of the house of Israel, and with the family of the house of Judah, a new covenant;

For in the first tabernacle which was erected, there was the candlestick, and the table and the bread of the presence; and this was called the Sanctuary.

But into the interior tabernacle, once a year only, the high priest entered, with the blood which he offered for himself and for the sins of the people.

and it was a symbol, for that time, during which oblation and sacrifices were offered that could not make perfect the conscience of him who offered them:

For if the blood of goats and calves, with the ashes of a heifer, was sprinkled upon them that were defiled, and sanctified them as to the purification of their flesh;

And for this reason he became the Mediator of the new covenant, that he might by his death be redemption, to them who had transgressed the first covenant; so that they, who are called to the eternal inheritance, might receive the promise.

For where there is a testament, it indicateth the death of him who made it.

For it is valid, only of a deceased [fn] ; because it hath no use, so long as the maker of it liveth.

For when the whole ordinance had been propounded by Moses to all the people, according to the law; Moses took the blood of a heifer, and water, with scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled upon the books and upon all the people;

For it was necessary that these, the emblems of heavenly things, should be purified, with those things; but the heavenly things themselves, with sacrifices superior to them.

For the Messiah entered not into the sanctuary made with hands, which is the emblem of the true [fn] : but he entered into heaven itself to appear in the presence of God for us.

so also the Messiah was once offered; and, by himself, he immolated the sins of many: and a second time, without sins, will he appear for the life of them who expect him.

For in the law there was a shadow of the good things to come; not the substance of the things themselves. Therefore, although the same sacrifices were every year offered, they could never perfect those who offered them.

For, if they had perfected them, they would long ago have desisted from their offerings; because their conscience could no more disquiet them, who were once purified, on account of their sins.

For the blood of bulls and of goats cannot purge away sins.

He first said: Sacrifices and oblations and holocausts for sins, which were offered according to the law, thou desiredst not;

For by this his pleasure, we are sanctified; through the offering of the body of Jesus the Messiah a single time.

For every high priest who stood and ministered daily, offered again and again the same sacrifices, which never were sufficient to purge away sins.

But this [fn] offered one sacrifice for sins, and for ever sat down at the right hand of God;

For by one offering, he hath perfected for ever, them who are sanctified by him.