^{22 Ref} And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness.

^{23 Ref} For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

^{24 Ref} For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

^{25 Ref} And he did not have to make an offering of himself again and again, as the high priest goes into the holy place every year with blood which is not his;