Discovery BoxHebrews 9:22-25 
Context9:22 Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. 9:23 So it was necessary for the sketches 1 of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, 2 but the heavenly things themselves required 3 better sacrifices than these. 9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation 4 of the true sanctuary 5 – but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us. 9:25 And he did not enter to offer 6 himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,
1 tn Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See Heb 8:5 above for the prior use of this term.
2 tn Grk “with these”; in the translation the referent (sacrifices) has been specified for clarity.
3 tn Grk “the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”
4 tn Or “prefiguration.”
5 tn The word “sanctuary” is not in the Greek text at this point, but has been supplied for clarity.
6 tn Grk “and not that he might offer,” continuing the previous construction.
