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External vs. Internal Cleansing
Commentators unanimously explain that the Old Testament rituals mentioned—the blood of animals and the ashes of a heifer—were effective only for external, ceremonial purification. They could remove ritual defilement, allowing a person to re-enter community worship, but they could not cleanse a person's conscience from the inner guilt of sin.
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 9:13
18th Century
Theologian
For if the blood of bulls and of goats. Referring still to the great day of atonement, when the offering made was the sacrifice of a bullo…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 9:13
Ashes (σποδος). Old word, in N. T. only here, Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13. Common in LXX.
Of a …
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 9:13
19th Century
Bishop
For if the blood of bulls and of goats.—This verse connects itself with the last words of Hebrews 9:12, “having won e…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 9:13–14
19th Century
Preacher
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh: how much m…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 9:13
The author turns again to the Levitical sacrifices. In them he finds the power to effect an external purification, a cleansing from ritual defileme…
John Calvin
On Hebrews 9:13
16th Century
Theologian
For if the blood of bulls, etc. This passage has caused many to go astray, because they did not consider that it speaks of sacram…
John Gill
On Hebrews 9:13
17th Century
Pastor
For if the blood of bulls and of goats
Shed either on the day of atonement, or at any other time: the former of thes…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 9:11–14
17th Century
Minister
All good things, past, present, and to come, were and are founded upon the priestly office of Christ, and come to us from there. Our High Priest en…