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Heb. 9:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could notf make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;*g

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Heb. 10:1,11• ¹For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
¹¹And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: (Heb. 10:1,11)

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Psa. 40:6‑7• ⁶Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
⁷Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, (Psa. 40:6‑7)

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Gal. 3:21• ²¹Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. (Gal. 3:21)

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Psa. 51:16‑19• ¹⁶For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
¹⁸Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
¹⁹Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. (Psa. 51:16‑19)

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Ministry on This Verse

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a figure.

Heb. 9:24• ²⁴For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: (Heb. 9:24)

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Heb. 11:19• ¹⁹Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. (Heb. 11:19)

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Rom. 5:14• ¹⁴Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. (Rom. 5:14)

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1 Peter 3:21• ²¹The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 3:21)

the time.

Heb. 7:11• ¹¹If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? (Heb. 7:11)

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Heb. 11:39‑40• ³⁹And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
⁴⁰God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. (Heb. 11:39‑40)

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1 Peter 1:11‑12• ¹¹Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
¹²Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. (1 Peter 1:11‑12)

gifts.

Heb. 5:1• ¹For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: (Heb. 5:1)

that could.

Heb. 9:13‑14• 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? (Heb. 9:13‑14)

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Heb. 7:18‑19• ¹⁸For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
¹⁹For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. (Heb. 7:18‑19)

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Heb. 10:1‑4,11• ¹For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
²For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
³But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
⁴For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
¹¹And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: (Heb. 10:1‑4,11)

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Psa. 40:6‑7• ⁶Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
⁷Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, (Psa. 40:6‑7)

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Gal. 3:21• ²¹Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. (Gal. 3:21)

as pertaining.

Psa. 51:16‑19• ¹⁶For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
¹⁸Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
¹⁹Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. (Psa. 51:16‑19)

• It is well to remember that the “perfect” or “purged” conscience, of which the apostle speaks in chapters 9 and 10, is very different to that which is spoken of elsewhere as “a good conscience.” The purged conscience is one that, being “once purged,” has no more conscience of sins (chapter 10:2). It supposes a conscience that has been exercised as to its sins, but has had that exercise met by learning that the believer is cleansed from all sins by the precious blood of Christ and will never come under judgment. A good conscience is a conscience void of offense in the practical ways and walk. (“The Signification of the Tabernacle and Its Sacrifices: Hebrews 9:8-10” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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the whichg is an image for the present time, according to whichh both gifts and sacrifices, unable to perfect as to conscience him that worshippedi, are offered,

JND Translation Notes

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g

"which is such as is."

h

The present time (ver. 9) is opposed to the time of setting things right (ver. 10). The tabernacle is in view in Hebrews, not the temple; but the fact that offerings were then still made is recognized in what follows. He could not call it "the present age" (a Jewish term for the age preceding the Messiah), because Messiah was come and he had been crucified; but the carnal ordinances were still offered, so that for the Hebrews it was not "the age to come." The "image" could be only for a present time on earth. The patterns were in the heavens.

i

Latreuo. "Worship" is perhaps too strong, but "service" is equivocal. It is to approach a god with prayers, or in offering up a religious service. see ver. 6.

W. Kelly Translation

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the which [isa] a parableb for the time presentc, according to whichd are offered both gifts and sacrifices, unable as to conscience to perfect the worshippere,

WK Translation Notes

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a

See note to {vi 30112}{/vi}.

b

For "parable" some render "figure," and so in 11:19. This is rather a question of linguistic taste than of substantial exactitude.

c

It is agreed that "now" present is needless, as "then" in KJV is erroneous.

d

T. R. gives "hon," meaning "in which" time; but the critics read hēn "to which," as given in this version.

e

Or, "him that serveth."