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Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 9

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Chapter 9 of Hebrews—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now even the first covenant had 1regulations of divine worship and 2the earthly sanctuary.
  2. For there was 3a [a]tabernacle prepared, the [b]outer one, in which were 4the lampstand and 5the table and 6the [c]sacred bread; this is called the holy place.
  3. Behind 7the second veil there was a [d]tabernacle which is called the 8Holy of Holies,
  4. having a golden [e]9altar of incense and 10the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was 11a golden jar holding the manna, and 12Aaron’s rod which budded, and 13the tables of the covenant;
  5. and above it were the 14cherubim of glory 15overshadowing the mercy seat; but of these things we cannot now speak in detail.
  6. ¶ Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests 16are continually entering the [f]outer [g]tabernacle performing the divine worship,
  7. but into 17the second, only 18the high priest enters 19once a year, 20not without taking blood, which he 21offers for himself and for the [h]22sins of the people committed in ignorance.
  8. 23The Holy Spirit is signifying this, 24that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the [i]outer tabernacle is still standing,
  9. which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly 25both gifts and sacrifices are offered which 26cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience,
  10. since they relate only to 27food and 28drink and various 29washings, 30regulations for the [j]body imposed until 31a time of reformation.
  11. ¶ But when Christ appeared as a 32high priest of the 33good things [k]to come, He entered through 34the greater and more perfect [l]tabernacle, 35not made with hands, that is to say, 36not of this creation;
  12. and not through 37the blood of goats and calves, but 38through His own blood, He 39entered the holy place 40once for all, [m]having obtained 41eternal redemption.
  13. For if 42the blood of goats and bulls and 43the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the [n]cleansing of the flesh,
  14. how much more will 44the blood of Christ, who through [o]45the eternal Spirit 46offered Himself without blemish to God, 47cleanse [p]your conscience from 48dead works to serve 49the living God?
  15. ¶ For this reason 50He is the 51mediator of a 52new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been 53called may 54receive the promise of 55the eternal inheritance.
  16. For where a [q]covenant is, there must of necessity [r]be the death of the one who made it.
  17. For a [s]covenant is valid only when [t]men are dead, [u]for it is never in force while the one who made it lives.
  18. Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.
  19. For when every commandment had been 56spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, 57he took the 58blood of the calves and the goats, with 59water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both 60the book itself and all the people,
  20. saying, “61THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD COMMANDED YOU.”
  21. And in the same way he 62sprinkled both the [v]tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood.
  22. And according to the [w]Law, one may 63almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and 64without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
  23. ¶ Therefore it was necessary for the 65copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but 66the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
  24. For Christ 67did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of 68the true one, but into 69heaven itself, now 70to appear in the presence of God for us;
  25. nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as 71the high priest enters 72the holy place 73year by year with blood that is not his own.
  26. Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since 74the foundation of the world; but now 75once at 76the consummation of the ages He has been 77manifested to put away sin [x]78by the sacrifice of Himself.
  27. And inasmuch as 79it is [y]appointed for men to die once and after this 80comes judgment,
  28. so Christ also, having been 81offered once to 82bear the sins of many, will appear 83a second time for 84salvation 85without reference to sin, to those who 86eagerly await Him.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or sacred tent
  2. ^ Lit first
  3. ^ Lit loaves of presentation
  4. ^ Or sacred tent
  5. ^ Or censer
  6. ^ Lit first
  7. ^ Or sacred tent
  8. ^ Lit ignorance of the people
  9. ^ Lit first
  10. ^ Lit flesh
  11. ^ Two early mss read that have come
  12. ^ Or sacred tent
  13. ^ Or obtaining
  14. ^ Lit purity
  15. ^ Or His eternal spirit
  16. ^ One early ms reads our
  17. ^ Or testament
  18. ^ Lit be brought
  19. ^ Or testament
  20. ^ Lit over the dead
  21. ^ Two early mss read for is it then...lives?
  22. ^ Or sacred tent
  23. ^ Or Law, almost all things
  24. ^ Or by His sacrifice
  25. ^ Lit laid up

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Heb 9:10
  2. ^ Ex 25:8; Heb 8:2; 9:11, 24
  3. ^ Ex 25:8, 9; 26:1-30
  4. ^ Ex 25:31-39
  5. ^ Ex 25:23-29
  6. ^ Ex 25:30; Le 24:5ff; Mt 12:4
  7. ^ Ex 26:31-33; 40:3
  8. ^ Ex 26:33
  9. ^ Ex 30:1-5; 37:25f
  10. ^ Ex 25:10ff; 37:1ff
  11. ^ Ex 16:32f
  12. ^ Nu 17:10
  13. ^ Ex 25:16; 31:18; 32:15; De 9:9, 11, 15; 10:3-5
  14. ^ Ex 25:18ff
  15. ^ Ex 25:17, 20; Le 16:2; 1Ki 8:7
  16. ^ Nu 18:2-6; 28:3
  17. ^ Heb 9:3
  18. ^ Le 16:12ff
  19. ^ Ex 30:10; Le 16:34; Heb 10:3
  20. ^ Le 16:11, 14
  21. ^ Heb 5:3
  22. ^ Nu 15:25; Heb 5:2
  23. ^ Heb 3:7
  24. ^ Jn 14:6; Heb 10:20
  25. ^ Heb 5:1
  26. ^ Heb 7:19
  27. ^ Le 11:2ff; Col 2:16
  28. ^ Nu 6:3
  29. ^ Le 11:25; Nu 19:13; Mr 7:4
  30. ^ Heb 7:16
  31. ^ Heb 7:12
  32. ^ Heb 2:17
  33. ^ Heb 10:1
  34. ^ Heb 8:2; 9:24
  35. ^ Mr 14:58; 2Co 5:1
  36. ^ 2Co 4:18; Heb 12:27; 13:14
  37. ^ Le 4:3; 16:6, 15; Heb 9:19
  38. ^ Heb 9:14; 13:12
  39. ^ Heb 9:24
  40. ^ Heb 7:27
  41. ^ Heb 5:9; 9:15
  42. ^ Le 16:15; Heb 9:19; 10:4
  43. ^ Nu 19:9, 17f
  44. ^ Heb 9:12; 13:12
  45. ^ 1Co 15:45; 1Pe 3:18
  46. ^ Eph 5:2; Heb 7:27; 10:10, 12
  47. ^ Ac 15:9; Ti 2:14; Heb 1:3; 10:2, 22
  48. ^ Heb 6:1
  49. ^ Mt 16:16; Heb 3:12
  50. ^ Ro 3:24
  51. ^ 1Ti 2:5; Heb 8:6; 12:24
  52. ^ Heb 8:8
  53. ^ Mt 22:3ff; Ro 8:28f; Heb 3:1
  54. ^ Heb 6:15; 10:36; 11:39
  55. ^ Ac 20:32
  56. ^ Heb 1:1
  57. ^ Ex 24:6ff
  58. ^ Heb 9:12
  59. ^ Le 14:4, 7; Nu 19:6, 18
  60. ^ Ex 24:7
  61. ^ Ex 24:8; Mt 26:28
  62. ^ Ex 24:6; 40:9; Le 8:15, 19; 16:14-16
  63. ^ Le 5:11f
  64. ^ Le 17:11
  65. ^ Heb 8:5
  66. ^ Heb 8:5
  67. ^ Heb 4:14; 9:12
  68. ^ Heb 8:2
  69. ^ Heb 9:12
  70. ^ Mt 18:10; Heb 7:25
  71. ^ Heb 9:7
  72. ^ Heb 9:2; 10:19
  73. ^ Heb 9:7
  74. ^ Mt 25:34; Heb 4:3
  75. ^ Heb 7:27; 9:12
  76. ^ Mt 13:39; Heb 1:2
  77. ^ 1Jo 3:5, 8
  78. ^ Heb 9:12, 14
  79. ^ Ge 3:19
  80. ^ 2Co 5:10; 1Jo 4:17
  81. ^ Heb 7:27
  82. ^ Is 53:12; 1Pe 2:24
  83. ^ Ac 1:11
  84. ^ Heb 5:9
  85. ^ Heb 4:15
  86. ^ 1Co 1:7; Ti 2:13

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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