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.

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.

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.

Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every 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 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 ever entered the Most Holy Place, and only once a year. And he always offered blood for his own sins and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus.

With his own blood— not the blood of goats and calves— he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.

The Lord said to Moses,“ Warn your brother, Aaron, not to enter the Most Holy Place behind the inner curtain whenever he chooses; if he does, he will die. For the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement— is there, and I myself am present in the cloud above the atonement cover.“ When Aaron enters the sanctuary area, he must follow these instructions fully. He must bring a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.He must put on his linen tunic and the linen undergarments worn next to his body. He must tie the linen sash around his waist and put the linen turban on his head. These are sacred garments, so he must bathe himself in water before he puts them on.Aaron must take from the community of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.“ Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the Lord.Then he must take the two male goats and present them to the Lord at the entrance of the Tabernacle.He is to cast sacred lots to determine which goat will be reserved as an offering to the Lord and which will carry the sins of the people to the wilderness of Azazel.Aaron will then present as a sin offering the goat chosen by lot for the Lord.The other goat, the scapegoat chosen by lot to be sent away, will be kept alive, standing before the Lord. When it is sent away to Azazel in the wilderness, the people will be purified and made right with the Lord.“ Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the Lord. After he has slaughtered the bull as a sin offering,he will fill an incense burner with burning coals from the altar that stands before the Lord. Then he will take two handfuls of fragrant powdered incense and will carry the burner and the incense behind the inner curtain.There in the Lord’s presence he will put the incense on the burning coals so that a cloud of incense will rise over the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement— that rests on the Ark of the Covenant. If he follows these instructions, he will not die.Then he must take some of the blood of the bull, dip his finger in it, and sprinkle it on the east side of the atonement cover. He must sprinkle blood seven times with his finger in front of the atonement cover.“ Then Aaron must slaughter the first goat as a sin offering for the people and carry its blood behind the inner curtain. There he will sprinkle the goat’s blood over the atonement cover and in front of it, just as he did with the bull’s blood.Through this process, he will purify the Most Holy Place, and he will do the same for the entire Tabernacle, because of the defiling sin and rebellion of the Israelites.No one else is allowed inside the Tabernacle when Aaron enters it for the purification ceremony in the Most Holy Place. No one may enter until he comes out again after purifying himself, his family, and all the congregation of Israel, making them right with the Lord.“ Then Aaron will come out to purify the altar that stands before the Lord. He will do this by taking some of the blood from the bull and the goat and putting it on each of the horns of the altar.Then he must sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times over the altar. In this way, he will cleanse it from Israel’s defilement and make it holy.“ When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he must present the live goat.He will lay both of his hands on the goat’s head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel. In this way, he will transfer the people’s sins to the head of the goat. Then a man specially chosen for the task will drive the goat into the wilderness.As the goat goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people’s sins upon itself into a desolate land.“ When Aaron goes back into the Tabernacle, he must take off the linen garments he was wearing when he entered the Most Holy Place, and he must leave the garments there.Then he must bathe himself with water in a sacred place, put on his regular garments, and go out to sacrifice a burnt offering for himself and a burnt offering for the people. Through this process, he will purify himself and the people, making them right with the Lord.He must then burn all the fat of the sin offering on the altar.“ The man chosen to drive the scapegoat into the wilderness of Azazel must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water. Then he may return to the camp.“ The bull and the goat presented as sin offerings, whose blood Aaron takes into the Most Holy Place for the purification ceremony, will be carried outside the camp. The animals’ hides, internal organs, and dung are all to be burned.The man who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water before returning to the camp.“ On the tenth day of the appointed month in early autumn, you must deny yourselves. Neither native born Israelites nor foreigners living among you may do any kind of work. This is a permanent law for you.On that day offerings of purification will be made for you, and you will be purified in the Lord’s presence from all your sins.It will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and you must deny yourselves. This is a permanent law for you.In future generations, the purification ceremony will be performed by the priest who has been anointed and ordained to serve as high priest in place of his ancestor Aaron. He will put on the holy linen garmentsand purify the Most Holy Place, the Tabernacle, the altar, the priests, and the entire congregation.This is a permanent law for you, to purify the people of Israel from their sins, making them right with the Lord once each year.” Moses followed all these instructions exactly as the Lord had commanded him.

Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

If that had been necessary, Christ would have had to die again and again, ever since the world began. But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice.

“ Once a year Aaron must purify the altar by smearing its horns with blood from the offering made to purify the people from their sin. This will be a regular, annual event from generation to generation, for this is the Lord’s most holy altar.”

For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.