Discovery BoxHebrews 9:13 
Context9:13 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
Context9:12 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
Context9:23 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.
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.”
