19 First, Moses proclaimed to the people all the commandments as set forth in the Law. Then he took the blood of bulls and goats, mixed it with water, and sprinkled it on the book of the Law and all the people, using a sprig of hyssop and some red wool.
20 He said, “This is the blood which seals the covenant that God has commanded you to obey.”
21 In the same way Moses also sprinkled the blood on the Sacred Tent and over all the things used in worship.
22 Indeed, according to the Law almost everything is purified by blood, and sins are forgiven only if blood is poured out.
23 Those things, which are copies of the heavenly originals, had to be purified in that way. But the heavenly things themselves require much better sacrifices.
24 For Christ did not go into a Holy Place made by human hands, which was a copy of the real one. He went into heaven itself, where he now appears on our behalf in the presence of God.
25 The Jewish High Priest goes into the Most Holy Place every year with the blood of an animal. But Christ did not go in to offer himself many times,