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which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly ^(C1)both gifts and sacrifices are offered which ^(C2)cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience,

since they relate only to ^(C1)food, ^(C2)drink, and various ^(C3)washings, ^(C4)regulations for the ^(F1)body imposed until ^(C5)a time of reformation.

But when Christ appeared as a ^(C1)high priest of the ^(C2)good things ^(F1)having come, He entered through ^(C3)the greater and more perfect ^(F2)tabernacle, ^(C4)not made by hands, that is, ^(C5)not of this creation;

and not through ^(C1)the blood of goats and calves, but ^(C2)through His own blood, He ^(C3)entered the holy place ^(C4)once for all time, ^(F1)having obtained ^(C5)eternal redemption.

For if ^(C1)the blood of goats and bulls, and ^(C2)the ^(F1)ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify for the ^(F2)cleansing of the flesh,

how much more will ^(C1)the blood of Christ, who through ^(F1)(C2)the eternal Spirit ^(C3)offered Himself without blemish to God, ^(C4)cleanse your conscience from ^(C5)dead works to serve ^(C6)the living God?

For this reason ^(C1)He is the ^(C2)mediator of a ^(C3)new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the violations that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been ^(C4)called may ^(C5)receive the promise of ^(C6)the eternal inheritance.