[a]Which was a figure [b]for that present time, wherein were offered gifts and sacrifices that could not make holy, concerning the conscience, him that did the service,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:9 An objection: If the way were not opened into heaven by those sacrifices (that is to say, If the worshippers were not purged by them) why then were those ceremonies used? to wit, that men might be called back to that spiritual example, that is to say, to Christ, who should correct all those things at his coming.
  2. Hebrews 9:9 For that time that that figure had to last.

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