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 Il fit pareillement l’aspersion avec le sang sur le tabernacle et sur tous les ustensiles du culte.
22 Et presque tout, d’après la loi, est purifié avec du sang, et sans effusion de sang il n’y a pas de pardon.
23 Il était donc nécessaire, puisque les images des choses qui sont dans les cieux devaient être purifiées de cette manière, que les choses célestes elles-mêmes le fussent par des sacrifices plus excellents que ceux-là.
24 Car Christ n’est pas entré dans un sanctuaire fait de main d’homme, en imitation du véritable, mais il est entré dans le ciel même, afin de comparaître maintenant pour nous devant la face de Dieu.
25 Et ce n’est pas pour s’offrir lui-même plusieurs fois qu’il y est entré, comme le souverain sacrificateur entre chaque année dans le sanctuaire avec du sang étranger;
What Does Hebrews 9:23 Mean?
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