1 The first alliance then had
rites of divine service, and a
worldly sanctuary.
2 for the disposition
of the tabernacle was
such, that in the first part named
the sanctuary, were placed
the candlestick, the table, and
the shew-bread;
3 and beyond
the veil, was the second part of
the tabernacle which is called
the holy of holys;
4 there was the
golden censer, and the ark of
the covenant gilded all over
with gold, wherein was the
golden urn containing the manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the tables of the alliance.
5 over the ark were the cherubims
of glory covering the
propitiatory with their wings,
of which we cannot now enter
into a particular detail.
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6 These things being thus disposed,
the priests went at all
times into the first part of
the tabernacle, to officiate the
divine service. but into the
other part,
7 the high priest only
enter'd, and that but once
every year, when he carried
the blood, which he offered
for himself, and for the errors
of the people.
8 the holy
spirit showing thereby, that
the way to the holy of holys,
was not yet open, while the
first tabernacle was standing.
9 This type subsists to the
present time, both gifts and
sacrifices being still offered,
which cannot purify the
mind of him that officiates
10 only in matters relating to
meats and drinks, and divers
baptisms, meer external rites
which were to subsist only till
the time of reformation.
11 but
Christ, the high priest of a
better dispensation that was
to come, having appeared, is
enter'd into the holy of holys
by a nobler and more perfect
tabernacle, not the effect
of human art,11Q0059 but of a higher
nature;
12 nor with the blood of
goats and calves, but with his
own blood he enter'd once for
all into the holy of holys, after
having obtained for us an
eternal redemption.
13 For if the blood of
goats and of bulls, and the
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ashes of an heifer sprinkled on
the unclean, can cleanse them
from external impurities;
14 how much more shall the
blood of Christ, who through
the holy spirit offered himself
a spotless victim to God, purify
our souls from deadly
sins, to serve the living God?
15 and for this cause he is the
mediator of the new testament,
that, the transgressions
that were unexpiated by the
first testament, being expiated
by his death, they who are
called might receive the eternal
inheritance, which was
promised.
16 For where a testament is,
there the death of the testator
is necessarily pre-suppos'd.
17 because a testament
has no effect till after the demise:
it not being in force
while the testator is alive.
18 whence even the first testament
was not established
without the effusion of blood.
19 for when every precept of
the law had been represented
by Moses to all the people,
he took the blood of calves
and of goats, with water,
wool of a scarlet dye, and
hyssop, and sprinkled both the
book of the law and all the
people,
20 saying, “this is the
blood of the testament which
God has made in your behalf.”
21 he sprinkled likewise
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the tabernacle with blood,
and all the vessels used in divine
service.
22 and indeed according
to the law almost every
thing is purified with
blood, without the effusion of
which, there is no remission of
sins.
23 It was therefore necessary
that what was only a type of
the heavenly sanctuary, should
be purified by such sacrifices;
but the heavenly sanctuary itself,
by a more excellent sacrifice.
24 for Christ is not entred
into a sanctuary made by human
art, such as is only representative
of the true one, but
into heaven itself, to appear
from henceforth in the presence
of God on our behalf:
25 nor to
make11Q0060 a frequent offering of
himself, as the high priest every
year enters into the holy of
holies with other blood than
his own.
26 for then must he
have suffered several times
since the beginning of the world,
when in the consummation of
the ages, he has appeared once
for all to expiate sin by offering
himself as a sacrifice.
27 as then
it is appointed that men should
die but once, after which the
judgment ensues;
28 so Christ being
once offered up to take away
the sins of many; he
shall appear the second time,
without making any further
expiation to save those who expect
him.
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Mace [1729], THE NEW TESTAMENT IN Greek and English. Containing the ORIGINAL TEXT Corrected from the Authority of the most Authentic Manuscripts: AND A NEW VERSION Form'd agreeably to the Illustrations of the most Learned Commentators and Critics: WITH NOTES and VARIOUS READINGS, AND A Copious Alphabetical Index (Printed for J. ROBERTS [etc.], LONDON) [word count] [B11200].