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10 being[a] only (in-addition-to foods and drinks and different cleansings[b]) regulations of [c] flesh being imposed until the time of reformation.

But Christ Entered The True Holy of Holies Once For All And Obtained Redemption

11 But Christ, having arrived[d] as High Priest of the good things having come, entered[e] once-for-all into the Holies through[f] the greater and more-perfect tabernacle not made-by-human-hands— that is, not of this creation; 12 and not through[g] the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, having obtained[h] eternal redemption.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:10 being only... regulations. That is, the gifts and sacrifices offered by the priests, like laws about food, drink, and cleansings, were only temporary outward regulations. Compare v 13-14. The sacrifices outwardly cleansed the flesh, but could not inwardly cleanse the heart.
  2. Hebrews 9:10 Or, washings, baptisms.
  3. Hebrews 9:10 That is, for the flesh.
  4. Hebrews 9:11 Or, appeared, come.
  5. Hebrews 9:11 entered... Holies. In the Greek word order, this phrase is in v 12, just before ‘having obtained’, giving it the emphasis.
  6. Hebrews 9:11 That is, passing through the heavenly tabernacle. Or, by means of, meaning the tabernacle in view is Christ’s resurrection body.
  7. Hebrews 9:12 Or, by means of.
  8. Hebrews 9:12 That is, on the cross. Or, obtaining (at the time of His entering).

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