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Hebrews 9:13 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 9 · verse 13
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:Hebrews 9:13 · King James Version
Hebrews 9:13 in context
11But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
15And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sanctifiethhagiazōto render or acknowledge, or to be venerable or hallow, to separate from profane things…G37 →
- sprinklingrhantizōto sprinkle, to cleanse by sprinkling, hence to purify, cleanseG4472 →
- purifyingkatharotēscleanness, purity, in a Levitical senseG2514 →
- uncleankoinoōto make common, to make unclean, render unhallowed, defile, profane, to declare or count…G2840 →
- heiferdamalisa young cow, heifer, of the red heifer with whose ashes, by the Mosaic law, those were to…G1151 →
- bloodhaimablood, of man or animals, refers to the seat of life, of those things that resemble…G129 →
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In these verses the apostle undertakes to deliver to us the mind and meaning of the Holy Ghost in all the ordinances of the tabernacle and legal economy, comprehending both place and worship. The scriptures of the Old Testament were given by inspiration of God;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-14