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After the second veil, the tent which is called the Holy of Holies,
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having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron`s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
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and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can`t now speak in detail.
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Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tent, accomplishing the services,
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but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.
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The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the Holy Place has not yet been revealed, while the first tent is yet standing;
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which is an illustration of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshipper perfect;
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being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
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But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
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nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.
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For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:
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how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?