Hebrews 9:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Hebrews 9:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Hebrews 9:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Hebrews 9:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”
Hebrews 9:23 — World English Bible
Hebrews 9:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”
Hebrews 9:23 — American Standard Version
Hebrews 9:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“<FI> It is<Fi> necessary, therefore, the pattern indeed of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;”
Hebrews 9:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Hebrews 9:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“[It was] necessary then that the figurative representations of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.”
Hebrews 9:23 — Darby Translation
Hebrews 9:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“It was then necessary, that the similitudes of heauenly things should be purified with such things: but the heauenly things them selues are purified with better sacrifices then are these.”
Hebrews 9:23 — Geneva Bible
Hebrews 9:23 in Context — Hebrews 9
21 Y además de esto roció también con la sangre el tabernáculo y todos los vasos del ministerio.
22 Y casi todo es purificado según la ley con sangre; y sin derramamiento de sangre no se hace remisión.
23 Fué, pues, necesario que las figuras de las cosas celestiales fuesen purificadas con estas cosas; empero las mismas cosas celestiales con mejores sacrificios que éstos.
24 Porque no entró Cristo en el santuario hecho de mano, figura del verdadero, sino en el mismo cielo para presentarse ahora por nosotros en la presencia de Dios.
25 Y no para ofrecerse muchas veces á sí mismo, como entra el pontífice en el santuario cada año con sangre ajena;
What Does Hebrews 9:23 Mean?
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