Study it in the app“It was necessary, then, for the copies of the things in the heavens to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”
It wasnecessary,Ἀνάγκηthen,οὖνfor the copiesτὰ ὑποδείγματαof the thingsτῶνinἐνthe heavensτοῖς οὐρανοῖςto be purifiedκαθαρίζεσθαιwith these rites,τούτοιςbutδὲthe heavenly thingsτὰ ἐπουράνιαthemselvesαὐτὰwith betterκρείττοσιsacrificesθυσίαιςthanπαρὰthese.ταύτας
necessity
Something that cannot be avoided.
Where else “Anankē” appearsexample
Example, a model to be imitated.
Where else “hypodeigmata” appearsheaven
God's dwelling, above all that is created.
Where else “ouranois” appearscleanse
To make something spotless, or pronounce it fit.
Where else “katharizesthai” appearsheavenly
Heavenly, of heaven.
Where else “epourania” appearsbetter
Better; more useful or more excellent.
Where else “kreittosi” appearssacrifice
What was offered to God on the altar.
Where else “thysiais” appears22And according to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
23 · This verse (above)
24For the Messiah did not enter into a holy place made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf;
