Hebrews 9:13
ContextNET © | 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 |
NIV © | The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. |
NASB © | For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, |
NLT © | Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow could cleanse people’s bodies from ritual defilement. |
MSG © | If that animal blood and the other rituals of purification were effective in cleaning up certain matters of our religion and behavior, |
BBE © | For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the dust from the burning of a young cow, being put on the unclean, make the flesh clean: |
NRSV © | For if the blood of goats and bulls, with the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer, sanctifies those who have been defiled so that their flesh is purified, |
NKJV © | For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, |
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NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | 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 |
NET © Notes |
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). |