Hebrews 9:13

9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity, ¹ 

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 ²  eternal redemption.

Hebrews 9:23

9:23 So it was necessary for the sketches ³  of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, ⁴  but the heavenly things themselves required ⁵  better sacrifices than these.

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¹ tn Grk “for the purifying of the flesh.” The “flesh” here is symbolic of outward or ritual purity in contrast to inner purity, that of the conscience (cf. Heb 9:9).

² 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.”

³ tn Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See Heb 8:5 above for the prior use of this term.

⁴ tn Grk “with these”; in the translation the referent (sacrifices) has been specified for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”