¹⁹ (for ^(A)the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, ^(B)a better hope is introduced, through which ^(C)we draw near to God.

⁵ They serve ^(A)a copy and ^(B)shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, ^(C)“See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.” ⁶ But as it is, Christ^[a] has obtained a ministry that is ^(D)as much more excellent than the old as ^(E)the covenant ^(F)he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. ^7 (G)For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.

¹⁹ For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took ^(A)the blood of calves and goats, ^(B)with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying, ^(C)“This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” ²¹ And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both ^(D)the tent and all the vessels used in worship. ²² Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and ^(E)without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

²³ Thus it was necessary for ^(F)the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ has entered, not into holy places ^(G)made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^(H)on our behalf.

Christ's Sacrifice Once for All

10 For since the law has but ^(A)a shadow ^(B)of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, ^(C)it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.

¹⁴ For by a single offering ^(A)he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.