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Hebrews 9:8
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Limitations of the Earthly Service

6 Now when these things had been thus prepared, athe priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services.  
7 But into the second part the high priest went alone aonce a year, not without blood, which he offered for bhimself and for the people’s sins committed in ignorance;  
8 the Holy Spirit indicating this, that athe way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.  
9 It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered awhich cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience—  
10 concerned only with afoods and drinks, bvarious washings, cand fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.  

The Heavenly Sanctuary

11 But Christ came as High Priest of athe good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.  
12 Not awith the blood of goats and calves, but bwith His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place conce for all, dhaving obtained eternal redemption.  
13 For if athe blood of bulls and goats and bthe ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean,1 sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,  
Verse Comparison: Hebrews 9:8

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American Standard Version
the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;

Amplified® Bible
By this the Holy Spirit points out that the way into the [true Holy of] Holies is not yet thrown open as long as the former [the outer portion of the] tabernacle remains a recognized institution {and} is still standing,

Contemporary English Version
All of this is the Holy Spirit's way of saying that no one could enter the most holy place while the tent was still the place of worship.

Darby English Version
the Holy Spirit shewing this, that the way of the [holy of] holies has not yet been made manifest while as yet the first tabernacle has [its] standing;

Good News Bible
The Holy Spirit clearly teaches from all these arrangements that the way into the Most Holy Place has not yet been opened as long as the outer tent still stands.

International Standard Version
The Holy Spirit was indicating by this that the way into the Holy of Holies had not yet been disclosed as long as the first part of the tabernacle was still standing.

King James Version
The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

New American Standard Bible
The Holy Spirit {is} signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing,

New International Version
The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

New King James Version
the Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The Holy Spirit signifies this, that the way into the holy place has not yet become disclosed while the outer tabernacle still stands,

Young's Literal Translation
the Holy Spirit this evidencing that not yet hath been manifested the way of the holy `places', the first tabernacle having yet a standing;


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