8. With this, the Holy Spirit is showing that the way into the holy place hadn’t been revealed yet while the first tent was standing.
9. This is a symbol for the present time. It shows that the gifts and sacrifices that are being offered can’t perfect the conscience of the one who is serving.
10. These are superficial regulations that are only about food, drink, and various ritual ways to wash with water. They are regulations that have been imposed until the time of the new order.
11. But Christ has appeared as the high priest of the good things that have happened. He passed through the greater and more perfect meeting tent, which isn’t made by human hands (that is, it’s not a part of this world).
12. He entered the holy of holies once for all by his own blood, not by the blood of goats or calves, securing our deliverance for all time.