^{8 Ref} The Holy Spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;

^{9 Ref} And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

^{10 Ref} Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.

^{11 Ref} But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,

^{12 Ref} And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.

^{13 Ref} For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the dust from the burning of a young cow, being put on the unclean, make the flesh clean: