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Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.

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(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

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(For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

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But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.

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The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

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Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,

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But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

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When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.

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And inside the second veil was the place which is named the Holy of holies;

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And over it were the winged ones of glory with their wings covering the mercy-seat; about which it is not possible now to say anything in detail.

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Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.

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But only the high priest went into the second, once a year, not without making an offering of blood for himself and for the errors of the people:

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But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,

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And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.

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And the blood was put on the Tent and all the holy vessels in the same way.

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For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

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For then he would have undergone a number of deaths from the time of the making of the world: but now he has come to us at the end of the old order, to put away sin by the offering of himself.

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And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;

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So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me;

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But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God;

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And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had said,

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Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no more offering for sin.

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But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God.

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But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;

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In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.

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