[It was] therefore necessary that the (o) patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
(o) The counterparts of heavenly things were earthly, and therefore they were to be set forth with earthly things, as with the blood of beasts, wool and hyssop. But under Christ all things are heavenly, and therefore they could not be sanctified with the offering of his living blood.