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For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, therefore it is necessary that this man have something to offer also.

For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, because there are priests who offer gifts according to the law:

For if the first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no need for the second.

For he found fault with them, and said, Behold, the day is coming, saith the LORD, when I will perfect a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

For this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law into their minds, and I will write it on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

And no man shall teach his neighbor, neither his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for all shall know me, from the youngest to the oldest.

For the first tabernacle which was made, had in it the candlestick, and the table and the shewbread; and it was called the sanctuary.

But into the inner tabernacle, the high priest entered alone, once every year, with the blood which he offered for himself, and for the faults of the people.

Which was the symbol for that time, now past, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, which could not make perfect the conscience of him who offered them,

But which served only for food and drink, and in divers ablutions, which are ordinances of the flesh and which were imposed until the time of reformation.

And he did not enter with the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, and obtained for us everlasting redemption.

For if the blood of goats and calves, and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkled on those who were defiled, sanctified them even to the cleansing of their flesh;

For this cause he became the mediator of the new testament and by his death he became redemption for those who transgressed the old covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

For where a testament is, it is proved after the death of its maker.

For a testament is of force after men are dead, otherwise it is useless so long as its maker lives.

For this reason not even the first covenant was confirmed without blood.

For when Moses had given every precept to all the people according to the law, Moses took the blood of a heifer with water, and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled it on the books and on all the people,

Saying, This is the blood of the testament, which has been ordained for you by God.

That very blood he also sprinkled on the tabernacle and on all the vessels used for worship;

For Christ has not entered into the holy place made with hands, which is the symbol of the true one; but he entered into heaven itself to appear before the presence of God for our sakes.