Mosaic ordinances prefigured Christ’s ministry—Christ is the Mediator of the new covenant.

 THEN verily the first ^acovenant had also ^bordinances of divine ^cservice, and a worldly sanctuary.

 For there was a ^atabernacle^• made; the first, wherein was the ^bcandlestick^•, and the ^ctable^•, and the ^dshewbread^•; which is called the sanctuary.

 And after the second ^aveil, the tabernacle which is called the ^bHoliest^• of all;

 Which had the golden censer, and the ^aark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden ^bpot^• that had manna, and ^cAaron^•’s rod that budded, and the ^dtables^• of the covenant;

 And over it the ^acherubims of glory shadowing the ^bmercyseat^•; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

 Now when these things were thus ^aordained^•, the ^bpriests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

 But into the second went the ^ahigh^• priest alone ^bonce^• every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

 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:

 Which was a ^afigure^• for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service ^bperfect^•, as pertaining to the conscience;

 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers ^awashings, and ^bcarnal^{• c}ordinances, ^dimposed^• on them until the time of reformation.

 But Christ being come an ^ahigh priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect ^btabernacle^•, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own ^ablood^• he entered in once into the ^bholy^• place, having obtained eternal ^credemption^• for us.

 For if the ^ablood^• of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the ^bpurifying of the flesh:

 How much more shall the ^ablood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself ^bwithout^{• c}spot^• to God, ^dpurge your ^econscience from dead works to serve the living God?

 And for this cause he is the ^amediator of the ^bnew^{• c}testament^•, that by means of ^ddeath, for the redemption of the ^etransgressions that were under the first ^ftestament^•, they which are called might receive the ^gpromise^• of eternal ^hinheritance^•.

 For where a ^atestament^• is, there must also of necessity be the ^bdeath^• of the ^ctestator^•.

 For a ^atestament is of force after men are dead: ^botherwise^• it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.

 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.

 For when Moses had ^aspoken^• every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the ^bblood^• of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and ^csprinkled^• both the book, and all the people,

 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without ^ashedding of blood is no ^bremission.

 It was therefore necessary that the ^apatterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with bettersacrifices than these.

 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the ^atrue^•; but into ^bheaven^• itself, now to appear in the ^cpresence of God for us:

 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the ^ahigh^• priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once ^ain^• the ^bend^• of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the ^csacrifice of himself.

 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

 So Christ was once ^aoffered to ^bbear^• the ^csins^• of many; and unto them that look for him shall he ^dappear^• the second time without sin unto salvation.