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The Book of Hebrews, Chapter 9, Verse 7

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But into the second [went] the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and [for] the errors of the people:
King James Version
The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
American Standard Version
the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;
New English Translation
And he did not enter to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,
World English Bible
but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.
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Which [was] a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
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[Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the time of reformation.
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But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
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Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption [for us].
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For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
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How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions [that were] under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
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For where a testament [is], there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
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For a testament [is] of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
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Whereupon neither the first [testament] was dedicated without blood.