Hebrews 7 - 10
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For this q Melchizedek, king of r Salem, priest of s the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
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and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.
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He is without father or mother t or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.
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See how great this man was to whom Abraham u the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils!
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And v those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, though these also are descended from Abraham.
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But this man w who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed x him who had the promises.
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It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior.
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In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one y of whom it is testified that z he lives.
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One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,
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for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.
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a Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?
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For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well.
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For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
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For it is evident that our Lord was descended b from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
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This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,
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who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life.
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For it is witnessed of him,
c "You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek."
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For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside d because of its weakness and uselessness
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(for e the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, f a better hope is introduced, through which g we draw near to God.
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And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath,
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but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him:
h "The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
'You are a priest forever.'"
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This makes Jesus the guarantor of i a better covenant.
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The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office,
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but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues j forever.
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Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost k those who draw near to God l through him, since he always lives m to make intercession for them.
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For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, n holy, innocent, unstained, o separated from sinners, and p exalted above the heavens.
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He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, q first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this r once for all when he offered up himself.
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For the law appoints men s in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made t perfect forever.
Hebrews 8
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Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, u one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
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a minister in the holy places, in v the true tent that the Lord w set up, not man.
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For x every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus y it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.
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Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law.
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They serve z a copy and a shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, b "See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain."
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But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is c as much more excellent than the old as d the covenant e he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
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f For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.
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For he finds fault with them when he says:
g "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah,
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not like the covenant that I made with their fathers
on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
For they did not continue in my covenant,
and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
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h For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
and i write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
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And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
and each one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,'
for they shall j all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
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For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
k and I will remember their sins no more."
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In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And l what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 9
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Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and m an earthly place of holiness.
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For n a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were o the lampstand and p the table and q the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place.
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Behind r the second curtain was a second section called the Most Holy Place,
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having the golden s altar of incense and t the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was u a golden urn holding the manna, and v Aaron's staff that budded, and w the tablets of the covenant.
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Above it were x the cherubim of glory overshadowing y the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
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These preparations having thus been made, z the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties,
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but into the second only a the high priest goes, and he but a once a year, and not without taking blood, b which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.
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By this the Holy Spirit indicates that c the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing
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(which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered d that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,
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but deal only with e food and drink and f various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.
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But when Christ appeared as a high priest g of the good things that have come, then through h the greater and more perfect tent ( i not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)
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he j entered k once for all into the holy places, not by means of l the blood of goats and calves but m by means of his own blood, n thus securing an eternal redemption.
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For if o the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with p the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,
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how much more will q the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit r offered himself without blemish to God, s purify our conscience t from dead works u to serve the living God.
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Therefore he is v the mediator of a new covenant, so that w those who are called may x receive the promised eternal inheritance, y since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
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For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established.
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For z a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.
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Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated a without blood.
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For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took b the blood of calves and goats, c with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
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saying, d "This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you."
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And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both e the tent and all the vessels used in worship.
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Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and f without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
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Thus it was necessary for g the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
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For Christ has entered, not into holy places h made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God i on our behalf.
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Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as j the high priest enters k the holy places every year with blood not his own,
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for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, l he has appeared m once for all n at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
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And just as o it is appointed for man to die once, and p after that comes judgment,
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so Christ, having been offered once q to bear the sins of r many, will appear s a second time, t not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly u waiting for him.
Hebrews 10
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For since the law has but v a shadow w of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, x it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
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Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?
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But y in these sacrifices z there is a reminder of sins every year.
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For a it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
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Consequently, b when Christ came into the world, he said,
c "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body have you prepared for me;
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in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
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Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.'"
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When he said above, "You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in c sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law),
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then he added, d "Behold, I have come to do your will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
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And by that will e we have been sanctified through the offering of f the body of Jesus Christ g once for all.
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And every priest stands h daily at his service, i offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, j which can never take away sins.
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But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he k sat down at the right hand of God,
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waiting from that time l until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.
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For by a single offering m he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
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And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
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n "This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,"
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then he adds,
o "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more."
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Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
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p Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter q the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
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by r the new and living way that he opened for us through s the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
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and since we have t a great priest over the house of God,
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let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts u sprinkled clean v from an evil conscience and our bodies w washed with pure water.
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x Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for y he who promised is faithful.
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And z let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
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a not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and b all the more as you see c the Day drawing near.
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For d if we go on sinning deliberately e after receiving the knowledge of the truth, f there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
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g but a fearful expectation of judgment, and h a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
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i Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy j on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
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How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one k who has spurned the Son of God, and has profaned l the blood of the covenant m by which he was sanctified, and has n outraged the Spirit of grace?
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For we know him who said, o "Vengeance is mine; I will repay." And again, p "The Lord will judge his people."
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q It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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But recall the former days when, after r you were enlightened, you endured s a hard struggle with sufferings,
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sometimes being t publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
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For u you had compassion on those in prison, and v you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had w a better possession and an abiding one.
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Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has x a great reward.
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For y you have need of endurance, so that z when you have done the will of God you may a receive what is promised.
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For,
b "Yet a little while,
and c the coming one will come and will not delay;
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d but my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him."
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But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
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Genesis 14:18 - 20
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.)
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Psalms 76:2
His abode has been established in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion.
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Numbers 24:16
The oracle of him who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered:
Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
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Hebrews 7:6
But this man who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
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Acts 2:29
Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Acts 7:8 - 9
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
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Numbers 18:21
To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting.
Numbers 18:26
Moreover, you shall speak and say to the Levites, 'When you take from the people of Israel the tithe that I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present a contribution from it to the Lord, a tithe of the tithe.
2 Chronicles 31:4 - 5
And he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the Law of the Lord.
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Hebrews 7:3
He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.
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Romans 4:13
For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.
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Hebrews 5:6
As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:20
Where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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John 6:57
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
Revelation 1:17 - 18
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last.
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Hebrews 7:18 - 19
For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness
Hebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.
Galatians 2:21
I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
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Isaiah 11:1
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
Micah 5:2
But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
Matthew 1:3
And Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
Luke 3:33
The son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah.
Revelation 5:5
And one of the elders said to me, "Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.
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Hebrews 7:21
But this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'
Hebrews 5:6
As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:20
Where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
Psalms 110:4
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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Psalms 110:4
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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Romans 8:3
For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh.
Galatians 4:9
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
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Hebrews 9:9
(which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper.
Hebrews 10:1
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
Leviticus 16:16
Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleannesses of the people of Israel and because of their transgressions, all their sins. And so he shall do for the tent of meeting, which dwells with them in the midst of their uncleannesses.
Acts 13:39
And by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
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Hebrews 6:18
So that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
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Hebrews 7:25
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Leviticus 10:3
Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord has said, 'Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.'" And Aaron held his peace.
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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Hebrews 7:17
For it is witnessed of him, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
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Psalms 110:4
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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Hebrews 8:6
But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
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Hebrews 7:21
But this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.
Hebrews 7:28
For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.
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Hebrews 7:19
(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
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John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Hebrews 9:24
For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
Romans 8:34
Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
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Psalms 16:10
For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
Revelation 15:4
Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.
Revelation 16:5
And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, "Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments.
Mark 1:24
"What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are - the Holy One of God."
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Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
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Hebrews 8:1
Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven.
Hebrews 4:14
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
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Hebrews 5:3
Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people.
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Hebrews 9:12
He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Hebrews 10:10
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Hebrews 9:28
So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
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Hebrews 5:2
He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness.
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Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Hebrews 5:9
And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.
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Mark 16:19
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
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Hebrews 9:24
For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
Hebrews 9:11
But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent ( not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)
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Exodus 33:7
Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp.
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Hebrews 5:1
For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
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Hebrews 9:12 - 14
He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Hebrews 10:9 - 12
Then he added, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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Hebrews 9:23
Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
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Hebrews 10:1
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
Colossians 2:17
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
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Exodus 25:40
And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
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Exodus 25:40
And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.
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Hebrews 1:4
Having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
2 Corinthians 3:6 - 11
Who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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Hebrews 7:22
This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.
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Hebrews 9:15
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Galatians 3:19
Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary.
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Hebrews 7:11
Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?
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Jeremiah 31:31 - 34
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
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Jeremiah 31:31 - 34
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
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Hebrews 10:16
"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,"
Romans 11:27
"and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
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2 Corinthians 3:3
And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
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Isaiah 54:13
All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
John 6:45
It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me -
1 John 2:27
But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie - just as it has taught you, abide in him.
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Hebrews 10:17
Then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.
Romans 11:27
"and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
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2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
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Exodus 25:8
And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.
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Exodus 26:1
Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you shall make them with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
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Exodus 25:31 - 39
You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand shall be made of hammered work: its base, its stem, its cups, its calyxes, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it.
Exodus 26:35
And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle opposite the table, and you shall put the table on the north side.
Exodus 40:4
And you shall bring in the table and arrange it, and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
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Exodus 25:23 - 29
You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
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Exodus 25:30
And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
Leviticus 24:5 - 8
You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
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Exodus 26:31 - 33
And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen. It shall be made with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
Exodus 40:3
And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
Exodus 40:21
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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Leviticus 16:12 - 13
And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil
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Exodus 25:10
They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height.
Exodus 26:33
And you shall hang the veil from the clasps, and bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.
Exodus 40:3
And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
Exodus 40:21
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Revelation 11:19
Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.
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Exodus 16:33 - 34
And Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord to be kept throughout your generations.
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Numbers 17:10
And the Lord said to Moses, "Put back the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their grumblings against me, lest they die.
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Exodus 25:16
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Exodus 40:20
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Deuteronomy 10:2
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Deuteronomy 10:5
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1 Kings 8:9
There was nothing in the ark except the two tab...
1 Kings 8:21
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2 Chronicles 5:10
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Exodus 25:18 - 22
And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat.
1 Kings 8:6 - 7
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.
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Leviticus 16:2
And the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
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Numbers 28:3
And you shall say to them, This is the food offering that you shall offer to the Lord : two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by day, as a regular offering.
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Leviticus 16:15
Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it over the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat.
Leviticus 16:34
And this shall be a statute forever for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins." And Moses did as the Lord commanded him.
Hebrews 10:3
But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.
Exodus 30:10
Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.
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Leviticus 16:15
Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, sprinkling it over the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat.
Leviticus 16:34
And this shall be a statute forever for you, that atonement may be made for the people of Israel once in the year because of all their sins." And Moses did as the Lord commanded him.
Hebrews 10:3
But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.
Exodus 30:10
Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.
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Hebrews 5:3
Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people.
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Hebrews 10:20
By the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Hebrews 7:19
(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
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Leviticus 11:2
Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.
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Mark 7:4
And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.)
Mark 7:8
You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.
Leviticus 11:25
And whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
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Hebrews 10:1
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
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Hebrews 9:24
For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
Hebrews 8:2
A minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man.
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Mark 14:58
"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.'"
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Hebrews 9:24
For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
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Hebrews 7:27
He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
Hebrews 10:10
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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Hebrews 10:4
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
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Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
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Job 33:24
And he is merciful to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down into the pit; I have found a ransom.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to put an end to sin, and to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.
1 Corinthians 6:20
For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
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Leviticus 16:14 - 16
And he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat on the east side, and in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
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Numbers 19:2
This is the statute of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish, and on which a yoke has never come.
Numbers 19:17 - 18
For the unclean they shall take some ashes of the burnt sin offering, and fresh water shall be added in a vessel.
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Hebrews 9:12
He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Revelation 7:14
I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Hebrews 7:27
He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
Hebrews 8:3
For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.
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Hebrews 1:3
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Hebrews 6:1
Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God.
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Romans 6:13
Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
1 Peter 4:2
So as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.
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Hebrews 8:6
But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
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Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
Romans 8:28
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
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Hebrews 10:36
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your offspring, and they shall inherit it forever.'
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Romans 3:24 - 25
And are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Romans 5:6
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
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Galatians 3:15
To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified.
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Exodus 24:6
And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar.
Exodus 24:8
And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.
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Hebrews 9:12
He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
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Leviticus 14:4
The priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop.
Leviticus 14:7
And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field.
Numbers 19:6
And the priest shall take cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn, and throw them into the fire burning the heifer.
Numbers 19:17
For the unclean they shall take some ashes of the burnt sin offering, and fresh water shall be added in a vessel.
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Exodus 24:8
And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.
Matthew 26:28
For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
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Exodus 24:8
And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.
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Exodus 29:12
And shall take part of the blood of the bull an...
Exodus 29:36
And every day you shall offer a bull as a sin o...
Leviticus 8:15
And he killed it, and Moses took the blood, and...
Leviticus 8:19
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Leviticus 16:14
And he shall take some of the blood of the bull...
Leviticus 16:16
Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place...
2 Chronicles 29:22
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Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.
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Hebrews 8:5
They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, "See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.
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Hebrews 8:2
A minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man.
Hebrews 9:11
But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent ( not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)
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Hebrews 7:25
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Romans 8:34
Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
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Hebrews 9:7
But into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.
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Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus.
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1 John 3:5
You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
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Hebrews 9:12
He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Hebrews 7:27
He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
Hebrews 10:10
And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.
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Hebrews 1:2
But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
1 Corinthians 10:11
Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.
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Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
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Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
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Isaiah 53:12
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.
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Matthew 20:28
Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 26:28
For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Mark 10:45
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.
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Acts 1:11
And said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
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Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
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Titus 2:13
Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 25:9
It will be said on that day, "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord ; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
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Hebrews 8:5
They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, "See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.
Colossians 2:17
These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
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Hebrews 9:11
But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent ( not made with hands, that is, not of this creation)
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Hebrews 9:9
(which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper.
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Hebrews 9:7
But into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.
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Leviticus 16:21
And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the people of Israel, and all their transgressions, all their sins. And he shall put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is in readiness.
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Hebrews 10:11
And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
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Hebrews 1:6
And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him.
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Psalms 40:6 - 8
In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
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Psalms 40:6 - 8
In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
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Hebrews 10:5
Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me.
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Hebrews 10:7
Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.'
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Hebrews 2:11
For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
Hebrews 13:12
So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
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Matthew 26:26
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body.
Mark 14:22
And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body.
Luke 22:19
And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
1 Corinthians 11:24
And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
Hebrews 10:5
Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me.
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Hebrews 7:27
He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
Hebrews 9:12
He entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
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Numbers 28:3
And you shall say to them, This is the food offering that you shall offer to the Lord : two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by day, as a regular offering.
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Hebrews 5:1
For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
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Hebrews 10:1
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
Hebrews 10:4
For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Hebrews 9:9
(which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper.
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Hebrews 1:3
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Mark 16:19
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
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Hebrews 1:13
And to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
1 Corinthians 15:25 - 28
For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
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Hebrews 10:1
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
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Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Romans 11:27
"and this will be my covenant with them when I take away their sins."
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord : I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord : I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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Hebrews 8:12
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.
Jeremiah 31:34
And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
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Jeremiah 31:34
And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
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Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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Hebrews 9:25
Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own.
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Hebrews 9:8
By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing
John 10:9
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Hebrews 9:3
Behind the second curtain was a second section called the Most Holy Place.
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Zechariah 6:11 - 13
Take from them silver and gold, and make a crown, and set it on the head of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
Hebrews 4:14
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Hebrews 2:17
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
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Ezekiel 36:25
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.
Hebrews 12:24
And to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
1 Peter 1:2
According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
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Hebrews 9:14
How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
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1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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Hebrews 4:14
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
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Hebrews 11:11
By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
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Acts 2:42
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
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Romans 13:11 - 13
Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.
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1 Corinthians 3:13
Each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.
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Numbers 15:30
But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Deuteronomy 17:12
The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
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Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 2:20 - 21
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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Hebrews 6:6
And then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
1 John 5:16
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life - to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.
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Hebrews 2:3
How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard.
Hebrews 12:25
See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.
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Psalms 79:5
How long, O Lord ? Will you be angry forever? W...
Isaiah 26:11
O Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not...
Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold shall be ab...
Zephaniah 3:8
Therefore wait for me," declares the Lord, "for...
Ezekiel 36:5
Therefore thus says the Lord God : Surely I hav...
Zechariah 8:2
Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Z...
2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those ...
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Deuteronomy 17:2 - 6
If there is found among you, within any of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing his covenant.
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Numbers 35:30
If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.
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Hebrews 6:6
And then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
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Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant.
Zechariah 9:11
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
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Hebrews 9:13 - 14
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh.
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Matthew 12:31 - 32
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
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Romans 12:19
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.
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Psalms 50:4
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
Psalms 135:14
For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants.
Deuteronomy 32:36
For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.
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Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.
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Deuteronomy 32:36
For the Lord will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free.
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Isaiah 33:14
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: "Who among us can dwell with the consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
Luke 12:5
But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
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Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit.
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Philippians 1:30
Engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
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1 Corinthians 4:9
For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
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Hebrews 13:3
Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.
Matthew 25:36
I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
2 Timothy 1:16
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
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Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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1 Peter 1:4
To an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.
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Hebrews 2:2
For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution.
Hebrews 11:26
He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
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Hebrews 12:1 - 7
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
Luke 21:19
By your endurance you will gain your lives.
Romans 2:7
To those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
Romans 12:12
Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Matthew 10:22
And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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Hebrews 13:21
Equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 John 2:17
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
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Hebrews 11:39
And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised.
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Isaiah 26:20
Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the fury has passed by.
Haggai 2:6
For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
Luke 18:8
I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?
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Habakkuk 2:3 - 4
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end - it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
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Habakkuk 2:3 - 4
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end - it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
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Romans 1:17
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, "The righteous shall live by faith.
Galatians 3:11
Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith.
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