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Hebrews 9 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.
1 Εἶχε μὲν οὖν [καὶ] ἡ πρώτη σκηνὴ δικαιώματα λατρείας τό τε Ἅγιον κοσμικόν.
2 For a tabernacle was prepared. The first room, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of the presence, was called the holy place.
2 σκηνὴ γὰρ κατεσκευάσθη ἡ πρώτη, ἐν ᾗ ἥ τε λυχνία καὶ ἡ τράπεζα καὶ ἡ πρόθεσις τῶν ἄρτων, ἥτις λέγεται Ἅγια.
3 Behind the second curtain was another room, called the most holy place.
3 μετὰ δὲ τὸ δεύτερον καταπέτασμα σκηνὴ ἡ λεγομένη Ἅγια Ἁγίων,
4 It had a golden altar for incense. It also had the ark of the covenant, which was completely overlaid with gold. Inside it was a golden jar holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
4 χρυσοῦν ἔχουσα θυμιατήριον καὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆς διαθήκης περικεκαλυμμένην πάντοθεν χρυσίῳ, ἐν ᾗ στάμνος χρυσῆ ἔχουσα τὸ μάννα καὶ ἡ ῥάβδος Ἀαρὼν ἡ βλαστήσασα καὶ αἱ πλάκες τῆς διαθήκης,
5 Above the ark of the covenant, glorious cherubim overshadowed the atonement lid, which we cannot now talk about in detail.
5 ὑπεράνω δὲ αὐτῆς Χερουβὶμ δόξης κατασκιάζοντα τὸ ἱλαστήριον· περὶ ὧν οὐκ ἔστι νῦν λέγειν κατὰ μέρος.
6 After these things were prepared, the priests always entered the outer room of the tabernacle to perform their services.
6 Τούτων δὲ οὕτω κατεσκευασμένων εἰς μὲν τὴν πρώτην σκηνὴν διὰ παντὸς εἰσίασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς τὰς λατρείας ἐπιτελοῦντες,
7 But only the high priest entered the second room once each year, and not without blood that he offered for himself and for the people's unintentional sins.
7 εἰς δὲ τὴν δευτέραν ἅπαξ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ μόνος ὁ ἀρχιερεύς, οὐ χωρὶς αἵματος, ὃ προσφέρει ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν τοῦ λαοῦ ἀγνοημάτων,
8 The Holy Spirit showed that the way into the most holy place had not yet appeared as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
8 τοῦτο δηλοῦντος τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ Ἁγίου, μήπω πεφανερῶσθαι τὴν τῶν Ἁγίων ὁδόν, ἔτι τῆς πρώτης σκηνῆς ἐχούσης στάσιν·
9 This was an illustration for the present time. Both the gifts and sacrifices that are now being offered are not able to perfect the worshiper's conscience.
9 ἥτις παραβολὴ εἰς τὸν καιρὸν τὸν ἐνεστηκότα, καθ᾽ ὃν δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίαι προσφέρονται μὴ δυνάμεναι κατὰ συνείδησιν τελειῶσαι τὸν λατρεύοντα,
10 They are only concerned with food and drink and various ceremonial washings, regulations for the body until the time of the new order.
10 μόνον ἐπὶ βρώμασι καὶ πόμασι καὶ διαφόροις βαπτισμοῖς καὶ δικαιώμασι σαρκός, μέχρι καιροῦ διορθώσεως ἐπικείμενα.
11 Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come. He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that was not made by human hands, one not belonging to this created world.
11 Χριστὸς δὲ παραγενόμενος ἀρχιερεὺς τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν διὰ τῆς μείζονος καὶ τελειοτέρας σκηνῆς, οὐ χειροποιήτου, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν οὐ ταύτης τῆς κτίσεως,
12 It was not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood that he entered into the most holy place once for all and secured our eternal redemption.
12 οὐδὲ δι᾽ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων, διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ Ἅγια, αἰωνίαν λύτρωσιν εὑράμενος.
13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of a heifer's ashes on those who have become unclean sets them apart to God for the cleansing of their flesh,
13 εἰ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων καὶ σποδὸς δαμάλεως ῥαντίζουσα τοὺς κεκοινωμένους ἁγιάζει πρὸς τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καθαρότητα,
14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
14 πόσῳ μᾶλλον τὸ αἷμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὃς διὰ Πνεύματος αἰωνίου ἑαυτὸν προσήνεγκεν ἄμωμον τῷ Θεῷ, καθαριεῖ τὴν συνείδησιν ὑμῶν ἀπὸ νεκρῶν ἔργων εἰς τὸ λατρεύειν Θεῷ ζῶντι;
15 For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant. This is so that, since a death has taken place to free those under the first covenant from their sins, those who are called will receive the promise of an eternal inheritance.
15 Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο διαθήκης καινῆς μεσίτης ἐστίν, ὅπως, θανάτου γενομένου εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν τῶν ἐπὶ τῇ πρώτῃ διαθήκῃ παραβάσεων, τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν λάβωσιν οἱ κεκλημένοι τῆς αἰωνίου κληρονομίας.
16 For where there is a will, the death of the person who made it must be proven.
16 ὅπου γὰρ διαθήκη, θάνατον ἀνάγκη φέρεσθαι τοῦ διαθεμένου·
17 For a will is only in force when there has been a death, because it has no force while the one who made it is still alive.
17 διαθήκη γὰρ ἐπὶ νεκροῖς βεβαία, ἐπεὶ μήποτε ἰσχύει ὅτε ζῇ ὁ διαθέμενος.
18 So not even the first covenant was established without blood.
18 Ὅθεν οὐδ᾽ ἡ πρώτη χωρὶς αἵματος ἐγκεκαίνισται·
19 For when Moses had given every command in the law to all the people, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water, red wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people.
19 λαληθείσης γὰρ πάσης ἐντολῆς κατὰ τὸν νόμον ὑπὸ Μωϋσέως παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, λαβὼν τὸ αἷμα τῶν μόσχων καὶ τράγων μετὰ ὕδατος καὶ ἐρίου κοκκίνου καὶ ὑσσώπου, αὐτό τε τὸ βιβλίον καὶ πάντα τὸν λαὸν ἐρράντισε
20 Then he said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you.”
20 λέγων· τοῦτο τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης ἧς ἐνετείλατο πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὁ Θεός·
21 In the same manner, he sprinkled the blood on the tabernacle and all the containers used in the service.
21 καὶ τὴν σκηνὴν δὲ καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη τῆς λειτουργίας τῷ αἵματι ὁμοίως ἐρράντισε.
22 According to the law, almost everything is cleansed with blood. Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
22 καὶ σχεδὸν ἐν αἵματι πάντα καθαρίζεται κατὰ τὸν νόμον, καὶ χωρὶς αἱματεκχυσίας οὐ γίνεται ἄφεσις.
23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in heaven should be cleansed with these animal sacrifices. However, the heavenly things themselves had to be cleansed with much better sacrifices.
23 Ἀνάγκη οὖν τὰ μὲν ὑποδείγματα τῶν ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς τούτοις καθαρίζεσθαι, αὐτὰ δὲ τὰ ἐπουράνια κρείττοσι θυσίαις παρὰ ταύτας.
24 For Christ did not enter into the most holy place made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one. Instead he entered into heaven itself, to appear now in God's presence for us.
24 οὐ γὰρ εἰς χειροποίητα Ἅγια εἰσῆλθεν ὁ Χριστός, ἀντίτυπα τῶν ἀληθινῶν, ἀλλ᾽ εἰς αὐτὸν τὸν οὐρανόν, νῦν ἐμφανισθῆναι τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν·
25 He did not go there in order to offer himself many times, as does the high priest, who enters the most holy place year by year with the blood of another.
25 οὐδ᾽ ἵνα πολλάκις προσφέρῃ ἑαυτόν, ὥσπερ ὁ ἀρχιερεὺς εἰσέρχεται εἰς τὰ Ἅγια κατ᾽ ἐνιαυτὸν ἐν αἵματι ἀλλοτρίῳ·
26 If that had been the case, then he would have had to suffer many times since the beginning of the world. But now he has appeared at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.
26 ἐπεὶ ἔδει αὐτὸν πολλάκις παθεῖν ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου· νῦν δὲ ἅπαξ ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τῶν αἰώνων εἰς ἀθέτησιν ἁμαρτίας διὰ τῆς θυσίας αὐτοῦ πεφανέρωται.
27 Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that comes judgment,
27 καὶ καθ᾽ ὅσον ἀπόκειται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἅπαξ ἀποθανεῖν, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο κρίσις,
28 so also, Christ was offered once to take away the sins of many, and will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but for the salvation of those who are waiting for him.
28 οὕτω καὶ ὁ Χριστός, ἅπαξ προσενεχθεὶς εἰς τὸ πολλῶν ἀνενεγκεῖν ἁμαρτίας, ἐκ δευτέρου χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας ὀφθήσεται τοῖς αὐτὸν ἀπεκδεχομένοις εἰς σωτηρίαν.
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Exodus 25:8; Hebrews 9:10–11; Hebrews 8:2; Leviticus 18:30; Leviticus 22:9
- 2 Exodus 40:4; Leviticus 24:5–8; Exodus 26:35; Exodus 40:18–20; Exodus 40:22–24
- 3 Exodus 26:31–33; Matthew 27:51; Exodus 40:21; Exodus 40:3; 1 Kings 8:6
- 4 Numbers 17:10; 2 Chronicles 5:10; Exodus 40:3; Leviticus 16:12; Exodus 26:33
- 5 Leviticus 16:2; Numbers 7:89; 1 Kings 8:6–7; Exodus 25:17–22; Psalm 99:1
- 6 Numbers 28:3; Exodus 27:21; Luke 1:8–11; 2 Chronicles 26:16–19; Daniel 8:11
- 7 Leviticus 16:34; Leviticus 5:18; Hebrews 7:27; Exodus 30:10; Hebrews 10:19–20
- 8 John 14:6; Hebrews 3:7; John 10:9; Hebrews 10:19–22; Ephesians 2:18
- 9 1 Peter 3:21; Hebrews 5:1; Hebrews 10:11; Psalm 51:16–19; Romans 5:14
- 10 Colossians 2:16; Ephesians 2:15; Hebrews 7:16; Leviticus 11:2–47; Hebrews 2:5
- 11 Hebrews 9:23–24; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Acts 17:24–25; Hebrews 8:1–2; Hebrews 10:1
- 12 Hebrews 10:4; 1 Peter 1:18–19; Hebrews 9:15; Ephesians 1:7; Hebrews 9:24–26
- 13 Numbers 19:2–21; Leviticus 16:14–16; Acts 15:9; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Chronicles 30:19
- 14 Hebrews 10:22; 1 Peter 1:19; 1 John 1:7; Hebrews 9:12; 1 Peter 2:24
- 15 Romans 3:24–26; Romans 8:30; Hebrews 9:12; Romans 8:28; Hebrews 10:36
- 16 James 2:10; 1 Corinthians 15:22
- 17 Genesis 48:21; John 14:27; Galatians 3:15
- 18 Exodus 24:3–8; Hebrews 8:7–9; Hebrews 9:22; Hebrews 9:14; Exodus 12:22
- 19 Exodus 24:5–11; Hebrews 9:12; Numbers 19:18; Hebrews 10:4; Ezekiel 36:25
- 20 Exodus 24:8; Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 13:20; Deuteronomy 29:12; Zechariah 9:11
- 21 Leviticus 8:15; Leviticus 8:19; Exodus 29:12; Exodus 29:36; Leviticus 9:18
- 22 Leviticus 17:11; Leviticus 6:7; Leviticus 4:35; Leviticus 5:18; Leviticus 14:14
- 23 1 Peter 1:19–21; Hebrews 10:4; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 9:9–12; Hebrews 9:24
- 24 Hebrews 9:11–12; Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 9:23; Hebrews 8:2; John 16:28
- 25 Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 9:7; Hebrews 9:26; Hebrews 10:19
- 26 Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 10:4; 1 Peter 1:20; Hebrews 1:2; Hebrews 9:14
- 27 2 Corinthians 5:10; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Acts 17:31; 2 Samuel 14:14
- 28 Titus 2:13; 1 Peter 2:24; Romans 6:10; Isaiah 25:9; 2 Timothy 4:8
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He has shown from the Priest, from the Priesthood, from the Covenant, that that [dispensation] was to have an end. From this point he shows it from the fashion of the tabernacle itself. How?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
"And the Lord," he saith, "will seek Him a man," meaning either David or the Mediator of the New Testament, who was figured in the chrism with which David also and his offspring was anointed.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
After the flood, a covenant was made with Noah: a covenant for Israel from Mount Sinai, but with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
This is Jesus Christ who came a High-Priest of the good things to come; who for the bountifulness of His Godhead imparted His own title to us all.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)