Hebrews 9:13

New International Reader's Version

The blood of goats and bulls is sprinkled on people. So are the ashes of a young cow. They are sprinkled on people the law called “unclean.” The people are sprinkled to make them holy. That makes them “clean” on the outside.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:19

who wants to worship God with all their heart. God is the Lord, the God of their people. May God forgive them even if they aren’t ‘clean’ in keeping with the rules of the temple.”

Psalm 51:7

Sprinkle me with hyssop, then I will be clean. Wash me, then I will be whiter than snow.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle pure water on you. Then you will be ‘clean.’ I will make you completely pure and ‘clean.’ I will take all the statues of your gods away from you.

Ezekiel 44:26

After he is pure and ‘clean’ again, he must wait seven days.

Numbers 8:7

Here is how to make them pure. Sprinkle the special water on them. Then have them shave their whole bodies. Also have them wash their clothes. That is how they will make themselves pure.

Acts 15:9

God showed that there is no difference between us and them. That’s because he made their hearts pure because of their faith.

Hebrews 10:29

People who deserve even more punishment include those who have hated the Son of God. They include people who have said no to him. They include people who have treated as unholy the blood of the covenant that makes them holy. They also include people who have disrespected the Holy Spirit who brings God’s grace. Don’t you think people like this should be punished more than anyone else?

Hebrews 10:4

It isn’t possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Hebrews 9:19

Moses first announced every command of the law to all the people. Then he took the blood of calves. He also took water, bright red wool and branches of a hyssop plant. He sprinkled the Book of the Covenant. He also sprinkled all the people.

1 Peter 1:22

You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply, from your hearts.