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.

For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

Αναγκη λοιπον ητο οι μεν τυποι των επουρανιων να καθαριζωνται δια τουτων, αυτα ομως τα επουρανια με θυσιας ανωτερας παρα ταυτας.

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.