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          DASV: Hebrews 9    

1 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship, and
its earthly sanctuary.
2 For a tabernacle was prepared, in the outer area there was
the candlestick, the table, and the bread of the Presence.
This was called the Holy Place.
3 Behind the second curtain of the tabernacle was the area which
was called the Holy of Holies.
4 In it were the golden altar of incense and the ark of the
covenant was overlaid on all sides with gold. In the ark was
a golden urn holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and
the tablets of the covenant.
5 Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat.
We cannot speak of these things in detail now.
6 Having made preparations like this, the priests regularly
entered into the first part of the tabernacle to perform
their duties for worship.
7 But only the high priest could go into the second part, once
a year, and not without blood, which he offered for himself, and
for sins the people committed in ignorance.
8 By this the Holy Spirit was indicating that the way into the most
holy place had not yet been revealed, as long as the first
tabernacle was still standing.
9 This is a symbol pointing to this present time; when both gifts
and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of
the worshipper.
10 They only deal with meats and drinks and various ritual washings,
regulations for the body imposed until the time of the new order.

11 But Christ having come as a high priest of the good things to come,
entered through a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with
hands, that is, not of this creation.
12 He entered once for all into the most holy place but not with
the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, thereby
securing eternal redemption.
13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer
sprinkled on those who had been defiled, could purify their flesh,
14 then how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the
eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our
consciences from dead works to worship the living God?
15 Because of this he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that
those who have been called may receive the promised eternal inheritance,
since a death has occurred to redeem them from the transgressions
committed under the first covenant.
16 For where there is a will, there must of necessity be the death
of the one who made it.
17 For a will is invoked only when there has been death,
for it does not take effect when the one who made it is still
alive.
18 That is why not even the first covenant was inaugurated without
blood.
19 For when every commandment had been announced by Moses to all
the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves
and goats, with water, scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both
the scroll itself and all the people,
20 saying, "This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded
you to observe.
21 Likewise the tabernacle and all the vessels used for worship
he sprinkled with blood.
22 According to the law, almost everything was cleansed with blood,
and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
23 So it was necessary that the copies of the things in heaven
be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things
themselves need better sacrifices than these.
24 For Christ did not enter into a holy place made with hands,
like a copy of the true one; but into heaven itself, now to
appear in God's presence for us.
25 Yet he did not offer himself again and again, as the high
priest enters into the most holy place year after year with
blood not his own,
26 for then he would had to have suffered again and again since
the foundation of the world. But now once, at the end of the
ages, he has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 And just as it is appointed for people to die once, and
after that the judgment,
28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of
many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring
salvation to those who eagerly await him.

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