Hebrews 9:25

The cross and atonement Jesus Christ

²³ So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

²⁴ For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

²⁶ Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

²⁷ Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
KJV: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
WEB: nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own,
ASV: nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place year by year with blood not his own;
DARBY: nor in order that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy places every year with blood not his own;
BLB: nor that He should offer Himself many times, just as the high priest enters into the holy [places] every year with the blood of another.

ÅB: og heller ikke for at han flere ganger skulle ofre seg selv, slik som ypperstepresten hvert år går inn i helligdommen med fremmed blod;
OTB: Han gikk heller ikke inn i himmelen for å ofre seg selv gjentatte ganger, slik som ypperstepresten går inn i Det aller helligste hvert år med blod som ikke er hans eget.
B1930: og heller ikke forat han flere ganger skulde ofre sig selv, således som ypperstepresten hvert år går inn i helligdommen med fremmed blod;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hebrews 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
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Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
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Hebrews 9:7
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
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Hebrews 9:26
Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
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Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
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Exodus 30:10
Once a year Aaron shall make atonement on the horns of the altar. Throughout your generations he shall make atonement on it annually with the blood of the sin offering of atonement. The altar is most holy to the LORD.”
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Hebrews 10:10
And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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Leviticus 16:2–34
And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
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