Hebrews 9:3

9:3 And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies.

Hebrews 9:7-8

9:7 But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, ¹  and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance. ²  9:8 The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle ³  was standing.

Hebrews 9:12

9:12 and he entered once for all into the most holy place not by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood, and so he himself secured ⁴  eternal redemption.

Hebrews 9:23-25

9:23 So it was necessary for the sketches ⁵  of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, ⁶  but the heavenly things themselves required ⁷  better sacrifices than these. 9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation ⁸  of the true sanctuary ⁹  – but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us. 9:25 And he did not enter to offer ¹⁰  himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

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¹ tn Grk “the second tent.”

² tn Or perhaps “the unintentional sins of the people”; Grk “the ignorances of the people.” Cf. BDAG 13 s.v. ἀγνόημα, “sin committed in ignorance/unintentionally.” This term seems to be simply a synonym for “sins” (cf. Heb 5:2) and does not pick up the distinction made in Num 15:22-31 between unwitting sin and “high-handed” sin. The Day of Atonement ritual in Lev 16 covered all the sins of the people, not just the unwitting ones.

³ tn Grk “the first tent.” The literal phrase “the first tent” refers to either (1) the outer chamber of the tabernacle in the wilderness (as in vv. 2, 6) or (2) the entire tabernacle as a symbol of the OT system of approaching God. The second is more likely given the contrast that follows in vv. 11-12.

⁴ tn This verb occurs in the Greek middle voice, which here intensifies the role of the subject, Christ, in accomplishing the action: “he alone secured”; “he and no other secured.”

⁵ tn Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See Heb 8:5 above for the prior use of this term.

⁶ tn Grk “with these”; in the translation the referent (sacrifices) has been specified for clarity.

⁷ tn Grk “the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”

⁸ tn Or “prefiguration.”

⁹ tn The word “sanctuary” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Grk “and not that he might offer,” continuing the previous construction.