Hebrews 9:16-27

Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

16 For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. 17 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. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated a without blood. 19 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, 20 saying, d "This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you." 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both e the tent and all the vessels used in worship. 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and f without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

23 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. 24 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. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as j the high priest enters k the holy places every year with blood not his own, 26 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. 27 And just as o it is appointed for man to die once, and p after that comes judgment,

  1. Cross References
    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.
  2. Cross References
    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.
  3. Cross References
    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.
  4. Cross References
    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.
  5. Cross References
    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.
  6. Cross References
    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.
  7. Cross References
    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
    And he killed it, and Moses threw the blood aga...
    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
    So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests ...
  8. Cross References
    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.
  9. Cross References
    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.
  10. Cross References
    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)
  11. Cross References
    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.
  12. Cross References
    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.
  13. Cross References
    Hebrews 10:19
    Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus.
  14. Cross References
    1 John 3:5
    You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
  15. Cross References
    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.
  16. Cross References
    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.
  17. Cross References
    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.
  18. Cross References
    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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