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Hebrews 9:12

“not through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, he entered once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.”

Hebrews 9:12 · direct translation from the Greek
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Explicit type · Leviticus 16:14-15

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Hebrews contrasts the blood of the bull and the goat that, in Leviticus 16:14-15, the high priest brought behind the curtain with the Messiah’s own blood.

The biblical author himself makes the connection, in these words:

οὐδὲ δι’ αἵματος τράγων καὶ μόσχων διὰ δὲ τοῦ ἰδίου αἵματος εἰσῆλθεν ἐφάπαξ εἰς τὰ ἅγια “not through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, he entered once for all into the Holy Place” (Hebrews 9:12)

  • αἵματοςhaimatosG129דַּםdamH1818“blood”

Hebrews 9:12, word by word

the bloodαἵματοςhaimatos

blood

The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.

Where else “haimatos” appears
of goatsτράγωνtragōn

male goat

A male goat.

Where else “tragōn” appears
calvesμόσχωνmoschōn

calf

Calf, young bull.

Where else “moschōn” appears
his ownἰδίουidiou

own

What belongs to someone; their people, their family.

Where else “idiou” appears
he enteredεἰσῆλθενeisēlthen

enter

To go into a house, a town or a place.

Where else “eisēlthen” appears
once for allἐφάπαξephapax

once for all

A single occasion, enough forever.

Where else “ephapax” appears
the Holy Placeἅγιαhagia

holy place

Places and things set apart for God.

Where else “hagia” appears
having obtainedεὑράμενοςheuramenos

obtain

To come to have something, such as a favor or a good one gains.

Where else “heuramenos” appears
eternalαἰωνίανaiōnian

eternal

Without end, like the life God gives.

Where else “aiōnian” appears
redemptionλύτρωσινlytrōsin

redemption, deliverance

Redemption, deliverance, setting free by a ransom.

Where else “lytrōsin” appears

The context

11But when the Messiah came as high priest of the good things that have come, through the greater and more perfect tent, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

12 · This verse (above)

13For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify for the cleanness of the flesh,

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