| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New International Version |
| 1Now even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary. | 1Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. |
| 2For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place. | 2A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. |
| 3Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, | 3Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, |
| 4having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron's rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant; | 4which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. |
| 5and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; but of these things we cannot now speak in detail. | 5Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now. |
| 6Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the outer tabernacle performing the divine worship, | 6When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. |
| 7but into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance. | 7But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. |
| 8The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing, | 8The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. |
| 9which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience, | 9This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. |
| 10since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation. | 10They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings--external regulations applying until the time of the new order. |
| 11But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; | 11But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. |
| 12and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. | 12He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. |
| 13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, | 13The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. |
| 14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? | 14How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! |
| 15For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. | 15For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance--now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant. |
| 16For where a covenant is, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it. | 16In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, |
| 17For a covenant is valid only when men are dead, for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. | 17because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. |
| 18Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood. | 18This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood. |
| 19For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, | 19When Moses had proclaimed every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves, together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people. |
| 20saying, "THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD COMMANDED YOU." | 20He said, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep." |
| 21And in the same way he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. | 21In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. |
| 22And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. | 22In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. |
| 23Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. | 23It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. |
| 24For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; | 24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's presence. |
| 25nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own. | 25Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. |
| 26Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. | 26Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. |
| 27And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, | 27Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, |
| 28so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him. | 28so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. |
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