Which had the goldencenser, and the ark of the covenantoverlaidroundaboutwithgold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod thatbudded, and the tables of the covenant;
Which was a figure for the timethenpresent, in whichwereofferedbothgifts and sacrifices, thatcould not make him that did the serviceperfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
But Christbeingcome an highpriest of goodthings to come, by a greater and moreperfecttabernacle, not madewithhands, that is to say, not of thisbuilding;
How muchmoreshall the blood of Christ, who through the eternalSpiritofferedhimselfwithoutspot to God, purgeyourconsciencefromdeadworks to serve the living God?
And for thiscause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressionsthatwereunder the firsttestament, theywhich are calledmightreceive the promise of eternalinheritance.
For whenMoses had spokeneveryprecept to all the peopleaccording to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, withwater, and scarletwool, and hyssop, and sprinkledboth the book, and all the people,
It was thereforenecessarythat the patterns of things in the heavensshould be purifiedwiththese; but the heavenlythingsthemselveswithbettersacrificesthanthese.
For Christ is not enteredinto the holyplacesmadewithhands, which are the figures of the true; but intoheavenitself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
For thenmust he oftenhavesufferedsince the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the worldhath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.