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Therefore, because he always lives to intercede for them, he is able to save completelythoroughly">[fn] those who come to God through him.Romans 8:34; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 9:24; 1 John 2:1;">[xr]

He has no need to offer sacrifices every day like those high priests, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he sacrificed himself.Leviticus 9:7; Romans 6:10; Hebrews 5:3; 10:12;">[xr]

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.Hebrews 2:10;">[xr]

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this high priestthis one">[fn] had to offer something too.Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 5:1; 9:14;">[xr]

For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one.Hebrews 7:11,18;">[xr]

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord:Zechariah 8:8; Hebrews 10:16;">[xr] I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds,Romans 11:27; Hebrews 10:17;">[xr] and I will never again remember their sins."Jeremiah 31:31-34">[fn]

Now even first covenantcovenant">[fn] had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.Exodus 25:8;">[xr]

For a tabernacle was set up, and in the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of the Presence.the presentation of the bread">[fn] This was called the Holy Place.Exodus 25:23,31; 40:4; Leviticus 24:5;">[xr]

which had the gold altar for incense and the ark of the covenant completely covered with gold. In it were the gold jar holding the manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the tablets of the covenant.Exodus 16:33-34; 26:33; 34:29; Numbers 17:10; Deuteronomy 10:2,5; Deuteronomy 10:2,5, 1 Kings 8:9,21; 2 Chronicles 5:10;">[xr]

But only the high priest wentwent">[fn] into the second part, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins committed by the people in ignorance.Exodus 30:10; Leviticus 16:2,11-12,15, 34; Hebrews 5:3; 7:27; 9:25;">[xr]

since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right.Leviticus 11:2; Numbers 19:7; Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:16,20; Hebrews 7:16;">[xr]

Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood he went into the Holy of Holies once for all and secured our eternal redemption.Daniel 9:24; Zechariah 3:9; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 9:26,28; 1 Peter 1:19; Revelation 1:5; 5:9;">[xr]

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are unclean purifies them with physical cleansing,Leviticus 16:14,16; Numbers 19:2,17, 16;">[xr]

For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be established.

For a will is in force only when somebody has died, since it never takes effect as long as the one who made it is alive.Galatians 3:15;">[xr]

For after every commandment in the law had been spoken to all the people by Moses, he took the blood of calves and goats,and goats">[fn] together with some water, scarlet wool, and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,Exodus 24:5-6,8; Leviticus 14:4,6-7,49, 51-52;">[xr]

saying, "This is the blood of the covenant that God ordained for you."Exodus 24:8">[fn]Exodus 24:8; Matthew 26:28;">[xr]

Thus it was necessary for the copies of the things in heaven to be cleansed by these sacrifices,by these things">[fn] but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.Hebrews 8:5;">[xr]

For Christ did not go into a sanctuary made by humanhuman">[fn] hands and just a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in God's presence on our behalf.Romans 8:34; Hebrews 6:20; 7:25; 8:2; 1 John 2:1;">[xr]