Hebrews 9:23

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

[It was] therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

BSB

So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

WEB

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.

YLT

It is necessary, therefore, the pattern indeed of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;

F.O.G Original

(23) Therefore it was surely necessary for the models in the skies above to be cleansed with this but the same skyward things are better than these (earthly copies).

F.O.G

(23) Therefore it was surely necessary for the models in the skies above to be cleansed with this but the same skyward things are better than these (earthly copies).

F.O.G MSG

²³It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.