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But into the second only the high priest goes once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and the ignorances[a] of the people—

God Was Making Clear That The Way Into The Holies Was Not Yet Revealed

... the Holy Spirit making this clear: that the way of [b] the Holies has not yet been made-known while the first tabernacle[c] was[d] still having[e] a standing, which[f] is[g] a symbol for the present[h] time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are offered not being able to perfect the one worshiping in relation to the conscience,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:7 That is, sins of ignorance.
  2. Hebrews 9:8 That is, leading into.
  3. Hebrews 9:8 That is, the outer room of the tabernacle, as in v 2 and 6; or, the tabernacle as a whole, the sanctuary of the first covenant.
  4. Hebrews 9:8 Or, is.
  5. Hebrews 9:8 That is, was having an appointed place in the divine order, a standing with God (this ended when Christ died and the curtain was torn); or, is physically standing (this ended in a.d. 70).
  6. Hebrews 9:9 This refers back to ‘first tabernacle’.
  7. Hebrews 9:9 Or, was.
  8. Hebrews 9:9 That is, which is a symbol for the now present NT times, pointing to the better reality Christ brought; or, which was a symbol for the then present OT times, pointing to the fact that the Levitical system could not gain the people free access to God.

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