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It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
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Verse 23. It is, or was necessary that the patterns of heavenly things (that is the former tabernacle and sanctuary) should be cleansed with these; that is, by the blood of such victims then offered.—But the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices. By the heavenly things, may be understood the faithful, who are the members of Christ’s Church, to whom heaven is prepared, and who must be cleansed by better sacrifices; that is, by the blood of Christ, and by his sacrifice on the cross. Witham.
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