Hebrews 9:11

Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary

9:11 But now Christ has come ¹  as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

Hebrews 10:1

Concluding Exposition: Old and New Sacrifices Contrasted

10:1 For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship. ² 

Hebrews 11:12

11:12 So in fact children ³  were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand ⁴  on the seashore. ⁵ 

Hebrews 13:9

13:9 Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. ⁶  For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, ⁷  which have never benefited those who participated in them.

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¹ tn Grk “But Christ, when he came,” introducing a sentence that includes all of Heb 9:11-12. The main construction is “Christ, having come…, entered…, having secured…,” and everything else describes his entrance.

² tn Grk “those who approach.”

³ tn Grk “these”; in the translation the referent (children) has been specified for clarity.

⁴ tn Grk a collective “the sand.”

⁵ sn An allusion to Gen 22:17 (which itself goes back to Gen 15:5).

⁶ tn Grk “by diverse and strange teachings.”

⁷ tn Grk “foods,” referring to the meals associated with the OT sacrifices (see the contrast with the next verse; also 9:9-10; 10:1, 4, 11).