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Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 9

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Chapter 9 of Hebrews—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ For its part, then, the former [covenant] used to have ordinances of sacred service[a]1 and [its] mundane[b] holy place.2
  2. For there was constructed a first tent [compartment]3 in which were the lampstand4 and also the table5 and the display of the loaves;[c]6 and it is called “the Holy Place.”7
  3. But behind the second curtain8 was the tent [compartment] called “the Most Holy.”[d]9
  4. This had a golden censer10 and the ark of the covenant11 overlaid all around with gold,12 in which were the golden jar having the manna13 and the rod of Aaron that budded14 and the tablets15 of the covenant;[e]
  5. but up above it were the glorious cherubs16 overshadowing the propitiatory [cover].[f]17 But now is not the time to speak in detail concerning these things.
  6. ¶ After these things had been constructed this way, the priests enter the first tent [compartment]18 at all times to perform the sacred services;19
  7. but into the second [compartment] the high priest alone enters once a year,20 not without blood,21 which he offers for himself22 and for the sins of ignorance of the people.23
  8. Thus the holy spirit makes it plain that the way24 into the holy place[g] had not yet been made manifest while the first tent was standing.25
  9. This very [tent] is an illustration[h]26 for the appointed time that is now here,27 and in keeping with it both gifts and sacrifices are offered.28 However, these are not able to make the [man] doing sacred service[i] perfect29 as respects his conscience,30
  10. but have to do only with foods31 and drinks32 and various baptisms.[j]33 They were legal requirements pertaining to the flesh34 and were imposed until the appointed time to set things straight.[k]35
  11. ¶ However, when Christ came as a high priest36 of the good things that have come to pass,[l] through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,37
  12. he entered, no, not with[m] the blood38 of goats and of young bulls, but with his own blood,39 once for all time into the holy place and obtained[n] an everlasting deliverance[o] [for us].40
  13. For if the blood of goats41 and of bulls42 and the ashes43 of a heifer sprinkled on those who have been defiled[p]44 sanctifies to the extent of cleanness of the flesh,45
  14. how much more will the blood46 of the Christ, who through an everlasting spirit offered47 himself without blemish to God, cleanse48 our consciences from dead works49 that we may render sacred service50 to [the] living God?
  15. ¶ So that is why he is a mediator51 of a new covenant, in order that, because a death has occurred for [their] release by ransom52 from the transgressions under the former covenant,53 the ones who have been called might receive the promise of the everlasting inheritance.54
  16. For where there is a covenant,[q]55 the death of the [human] covenanter[r] needs to be furnished.
  17. For a covenant is valid over dead [victims],[s] since it is not in force at any time while the [human] covenanter is living.
  18. Consequently neither was the former [covenant]56 inaugurated[t] without blood.57
  19. For when every commandment according to the Law had been spoken by Moses to all the people,58 he took the blood of the young bulls and of the goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop59 and sprinkled the book[u] itself and all the people,
  20. saying: “This is the blood of the covenant that God has laid as a charge upon YOU.”[v]60
  21. And he sprinkled the tent61 and all the vessels of the public service likewise with the blood.62
  22. Yes, nearly all things are cleansed with blood63 according to the Law, and unless blood is poured out64 no forgiveness[w] takes place.65
  23. ¶ Therefore it was necessary that the typical representations66 of the things in the heavens should be cleansed by these means,67 but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices that are better than such sacrifices.
  24. For Christ entered, not into a holy place made with hands,68 which is a copy of the reality,[x]69 but into heaven itself,70 now to appear before the person of God for us.71
  25. Neither is it in order that he should offer himself often, as indeed the high priest enters into the holy place[y]72 from year to year73 with blood not his own.
  26. Otherwise, he would have to suffer often from the founding[z]74 of the world. But now he has manifested himself75 once76 for all time at the conclusion[aa] of the systems of things[ab]77 to put sin away through the sacrifice of himself.78
  27. And as it is reserved for men79 to die once for all time, but after this a judgment,80
  28. so also the Christ was offered once81 for all time to bear the sins of many;82 and the second time83 that he appears84 it will be apart from sin[ac]85 and to those earnestly looking for him for [their] salvation.86

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Sacred service.” Gr., la·treiʹas; J22(Heb.), ʽavoh·dhahʹ. See Ex 12:25 ftn.
  2. ^ Or, “worldly,” that is, belonging to this world. Gr., ko·smi·konʹ; Novum Testamentum, Theodore Bezae, 1642, reprinted in 1925, Lat., mun·daʹnum; J17(Heb.), ʼar·tsiʹ, “earthly.”
  3. ^ “Display of the loaves.” Or, “showbread.”
  4. ^ Or, “the Holy of Holies.” Gr., Haʹgi·a Ha·giʹon; Lat., sancʹta sanc·toʹrum; J17,18,22(Heb.), Qo·dheshʹ haq·Qodha·shimʹ.
  5. ^ See App 7D.
  6. ^ Or, “mercy seat.” Gr., hi·la·steʹri·on; Lat., pro·pi·ti·a·toʹri·um; J17(Heb.), hak·kap·poʹreth, “the propitiatory cover.” See 1Ch 28:11 ftn.
  7. ^ Lit., “holies (holy places)”; pl. to denote excellence.
  8. ^ Or, “parable.” Gr., pa·ra·bo·leʹ.
  9. ^ “Doing sacred service.” Gr., la·treuʹon·ta; J17(Heb.), ha·ʽo·vedhʹ, “the one serving (worshiping).” See Ex 3:12 ftn.
  10. ^ Or, “washings.”
  11. ^ Lit., “of thorough straightening out.”
  12. ^ “Things that have come to pass,” P46BD*Syh,p; אADcItVg, “things to come.”
  13. ^ Or, “through.”
  14. ^ Or, “found.”
  15. ^ Lit., “ransoming.”
  16. ^ Lit., “having been made common.”
  17. ^ For a discussion of “covenant,” see App 7D.
  18. ^ “Of the [human] convenanter.” Or, “of the mediating [sacrifice; victim].” See App 7D.
  19. ^ Or, “[persons].”
  20. ^ Lit., “innovated.”
  21. ^ Or, “tablet.”
  22. ^ “Jehovah has concluded with you,” J3,7,8,20.
  23. ^ Lit., “letting go off.”
  24. ^ Or, “into holy places . . . which are copies of the realities.”
  25. ^ Or, “the holy places.”
  26. ^ Lit., “throwing down [of seed].” Gr., ka·ta·bo·lesʹ.
  27. ^ Or, “joint end; consummation; ending together.” Gr., syn·te·leiʹai, dative, sing.
  28. ^ Or, “of the orders of things.” Gr., ton ai·oʹnon; Lat., sae·cu·loʹrum; J22(Heb.), ha·ʽoh·la·mimʹ.
  29. ^ Or, “be without a sin offering.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Le 4:6; Heb 9:9
  2. ^ Ex 25:8
  3. ^ Ex 26:33
  4. ^ Ex 40:24; Nu 4:9
  5. ^ Ex 40:22
  6. ^ Ex 40:23
  7. ^ Ex 26:33
  8. ^ Ex 36:35
  9. ^ Ex 26:34
  10. ^ Le 16:12; Re 8:3
  11. ^ Ex 40:21
  12. ^ Ex 25:11
  13. ^ Ex 16:33
  14. ^ Nu 17:10
  15. ^ Ex 32:15; 2Ch 5:10
  16. ^ Ex 25:22; Nu 7:89
  17. ^ Ex 25:18; 1Ch 28:11
  18. ^ Le 24:3
  19. ^ Le 24:4
  20. ^ Le 16:2; Heb 9:25
  21. ^ Ex 30:10; Le 16:14
  22. ^ Le 16:6
  23. ^ Le 16:15
  24. ^ Jn 14:6
  25. ^ Heb 10:20
  26. ^ Heb 8:5
  27. ^ Col 2:17; Heb 10:1
  28. ^ Le 23:38
  29. ^ Ga 3:21; Heb 7:11, 19; 8:6
  30. ^ 1Pe 3:21
  31. ^ Le 11:2
  32. ^ Le 10:9; 11:34
  33. ^ Le 11:40
  34. ^ Nu 19:13
  35. ^ Is 2:4; Jn 1:17; Heb 1:2
  36. ^ Heb 4:14
  37. ^ Heb 9:24
  38. ^ Mt 20:28; 1Ti 2:6; Heb 12:24; 13:20
  39. ^ Heb 8:3
  40. ^ Is 45:17; Da 9:24; Ro 11:27; Heb 10:17
  41. ^ Le 16:15
  42. ^ Le 16:6
  43. ^ Nu 19:9
  44. ^ Nu 19:17
  45. ^ Nu 19:19
  46. ^ Le 17:11; 1Pe 1:19
  47. ^ Eph 5:2
  48. ^ Heb 10:2; 1Jo 1:7
  49. ^ 1Co 6:11; Heb 6:1
  50. ^ Ro 12:1; Pp 3:3; Heb 12:28
  51. ^ 1Ti 2:5; Heb 12:24
  52. ^ Mt 20:28; Lu 22:20
  53. ^ Ga 3:13
  54. ^ Ro 8:17
  55. ^ Ge 21:27; Ga 3:15
  56. ^ Ex 24:7
  57. ^ Ex 24:6
  58. ^ Ex 24:3
  59. ^ Nu 19:6
  60. ^ Ex 24:8
  61. ^ Le 16:16
  62. ^ Ex 29:12; Le 8:15; 16:18
  63. ^ Le 17:11
  64. ^ Le 9:9
  65. ^ Eph 1:7
  66. ^ Heb 8:5; 9:9
  67. ^ Le 16:19, 20
  68. ^ Heb 8:2
  69. ^ Col 2:17
  70. ^ Heb 6:20; 9:12; 10:19
  71. ^ Le 16:15; Jn 16:28; Ro 8:34
  72. ^ Le 16:2
  73. ^ Le 16:34
  74. ^ Eph 1:4
  75. ^ Ga 4:4; 1Pe 1:20
  76. ^ Heb 7:27; 1Pe 3:18
  77. ^ Mt 24:3; 1Co 10:11; Heb 1:2
  78. ^ Is 53:12; Da 9:24; 1Co 5:7
  79. ^ Ex 29:9; Le 16:11; Heb 7:27, 28; 9:7
  80. ^ Jn 17:1
  81. ^ Ro 6:10
  82. ^ Is 53:12; 1Pe 2:24
  83. ^ Mt 24:3; Ti 2:13
  84. ^ 2Th 1:7
  85. ^ Mt 24:30
  86. ^ Mt 25:34; 2Ti 4:8

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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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