The high priest enters the Most Holy Room every year. He enters with blood that is not his own. But Christ did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again.

也不是多次将自己献上，像那大祭司每年带着牛羊的血进入圣所，

他也无须多次将自己献上，像大祭司每年带着牛羊的血进入至圣所。

他也无须多次将自己献上，像大祭司每年带着牛羊的血进入至圣所。

祂在天上不必一次又一次地把自己献上，好像那些大祭司年年都带着牛羊的血进入至圣所。

他不必多次把自己献上，好像大祭司每年带着不是自己的血进入至圣所一样。

他也不用再三地将自己献上，像大祭司年年带着牛羊的血进入圣所那样，

也不是多次將自己獻上，像那大祭司每年帶着牛羊的血進入聖所，

他也無須多次將自己獻上，像大祭司每年帶着牛羊的血進入至聖所。

他也無須多次將自己獻上，像大祭司每年帶着牛羊的血進入至聖所。

祂在天上不必一次又一次地把自己獻上，好像那些大祭司年年都帶著牛羊的血進入至聖所。

他不必多次把自己獻上，好像大祭司每年帶著不是自己的血進入至聖所一樣。

他也不是必須多次地供獻自己、像大祭司每年靠着不是自己的血的、去進入聖所一樣。

他也不用再三地將自己獻上，像大祭司年年帶著牛羊的血進入聖所那樣，

亦非屢以己獻、如大祭司歲以非己之血入聖所、

基督毋庸數行自獻、效祭司長、將牲血歲一入至聖所、

不須屢獻己身、如彼大祭司、每年以牲之血、以牲之血原文作以非己之血入於聖所、

彼亦無須迭次自獻、如通常大司祭之必須歲攜不屬自身之血、以進閟帷也。

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

Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own,

And he did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again, like the high priest here on earth who enters the Most Holy Place year after year with the blood of an animal.

He did not do this to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary yearly with the blood of another.

nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year by year with blood that is not his own.

not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another—

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;

He did not do this to offer Himself many times, as the high priest enters the sanctuary yearly with the blood of another.

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

And he did not enter to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

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,

But only the high priest went into the inner room. He went in only once a year. He never entered without taking blood with him. He offered the blood for himself. He also offered it for the sins the people had committed because they didn’t know any better.

Brothers and sisters, we are not afraid to enter the Most Holy Room. We enter boldly because of the blood of Jesus.

He did not enter by spilling the blood of goats and calves. He entered the Most Holy Room by spilling his own blood. He did it once and for all time. In this way, he paid the price to set us free from sin forever.

The Lord said to Moses,“ Speak to your brother Aaron. Tell him not to come into the Most Holy Room just anytime he wants to. Tell him not to come behind the curtain in front of the cover of the ark. The cover is the place where sin is paid for. If he comes behind the curtain, he will die. That is because I appear in the cloud over the cover.“ Aaron must not enter the area of the Most Holy Room without bringing a sacrifice. He must bring a young bull for a sin offering. He must also bring a ram for a burnt offering.He must put on the sacred inner robe made out of linen. He must wear linen underwear next to his body. He must tie the linen belt around him. And he must put the linen turban on his head. Those are sacred clothes. So he must take a bath before he puts them on.The community of Israel must give him two male goats and a ram. The goats are for a sin offering. The ram is for a burnt offering.“ Aaron must offer the bull for his own sin offering. It will pay for his own sin and the sin of his whole family.Then he must take the two goats and bring them to me at the entrance to the tent of meeting.He must cast lots for the two goats. One lot is for me. The other is for the goat that carries the people’s sins away.Aaron must bring the goat chosen for me by lot. He must sacrifice it for a sin offering.But the goat chosen by the other lot must remain alive. First, it must be brought in to me to pay for the people’s sins. Then, it must be sent into the desert as a goat that carries the people’s sins away.“ Aaron must bring the bull for his own sin offering. It will pay for his own sin and the sin of his whole family. He must kill the bull for his own sin offering.He must take a shallow cup full of burning coals from the altar in my sight. He must get two handfuls of incense completely ground up. The incense must smell sweet. He must take the cup and the incense behind the curtain.He must put the incense on the fire in my sight. The smoke from the incense will hide the cover of the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The cover is the place where sin is paid for. Aaron must burn the incense so that he will not die.He must dip his finger in the bull’s blood. He must sprinkle it on the front of the cover of the ark. He must sprinkle some in front of the cover. He must do it seven times.“ Then Aaron must kill the goat for the sin offering for the people. He must take its blood behind the curtain. There he must do the same thing with it as he did with the bull’s blood. He must sprinkle it on the cover of the ark. He must also sprinkle some in front of it.That is how he will make the Most Holy Room pure. He must do it because the Israelites are not‘ clean.’ They have not obeyed me. They have also committed other sins. Aaron must do the same for the tent of meeting because it stands in the middle of the camp. And the camp is‘ unclean.’Aaron will go into the Most Holy Room to pay for the people’s sin. While Aaron is there, no one may be in the tent of meeting. No one may enter the tent until Aaron comes out. He will not come out until he has paid for his own sin and the sin of his whole family. He will not come out until he has also paid for the sin of the whole community of Israel.“ Then he will come out to the altar for burnt offerings. It is in front of the tent where the ark of the Lord is. He will make the altar pure and clean. He will take some of the bull’s blood and some of the goat’s blood. Then he will put the blood on all the horns that stick out from the upper four corners of the altar.He will sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times. He will do it to make the altar pure. He will do it to set it apart from the Israelites. They are‘ unclean.’“ Aaron will finish making the Most Holy Room pure and‘ clean.’ He will finish making the tent of meeting and the altar pure. Then he will bring out the live goat.He must place both of his hands on its head. While he does that, he must tell me about all the sins the Israelites have committed. He must tell me about all their evil acts and the times they did not obey me. In that way he puts their sins on the goat’s head. Then he will send the goat away into the desert. The goat will be led away by a man appointed to do it.The goat will carry all their sins on itself to a place where there are no people. And the man will set the goat free in the desert.“ Then Aaron must go into the tent of meeting. He must take off the linen clothes he put on before he entered the Most Holy Room. He must leave them there.He must take a bath in the holy area. And he must put on his regular clothes. Then he will come out and sacrifice the burnt offering for himself. He will also sacrifice the burnt offering for the people. That will pay for his own sin and the people’s sin.He will also burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.“ The man who sets free the goat that carries the people’s sins away must wash his clothes. He must take a bath. After that, he can come back into the camp.The bull and the goat for the sin offerings must be taken outside the camp. Their blood was brought into the Most Holy Room. It paid for sin. The hides, meat and guts of the animals must be burned up.The man who burns them must wash his clothes. He must take a bath. After that, he can come back into the camp.“ Here is a law for you that will last for all time to come. On the tenth day of the seventh month you must not eat anything. You must not do any work. It does not matter whether you are Israelites or outsiders.On that day your sin will be paid for. You will be made pure and clean. You will be clean from all your sins in my sight.That day is a sabbath for you. You must rest on it. You must not eat anything on that day. This is a law that will last for all time to come.The high priest must pay for sin. He must make everything pure and clean. He has been anointed and prepared to become the next high priest after his father. He must put on the sacred clothes that are made out of linen.He must make the Most Holy Room, the tent of meeting and the altar pure. And he must pay for the sin of the priests and all the members of the community.“ Here is a law for you that will last for all time to come. Once a year you must pay for all the sin of the Israelites.” So it was done, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

But Christ offered himself to God without any flaw. He did this through the power of the eternal Holy Spirit. So how much cleaner will the blood of Christ make us! It washes away our feelings of guilt for committing sin. Sin always leads to death. But now we can serve the living God.

If he had, he would have had to suffer many times since the world was created. But he has appeared once and for all time. He has come at the time when God’s work is being completed. He has come to do away with sin by offering himself.

Once a year Aaron must put the blood of a sin offering on the horns of the altar. He must do this to make the altar pure. He must do this on the day Israel’s sin is paid for. Do this for all time to come. The altar is a very holy place to me.”

We have been made holy by what God wanted. We have been made holy because Jesus Christ offered his body once and for all time.