A moment in scripture
Hebrews 9:23
It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
The surrounding passage
- Hebrews 9:21
Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
- Hebrews 9:22
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
- Hebrews 9:24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
- Hebrews 9:25
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.