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Hebrews 12:22-24 CEV
(22) You have now come to Mount Zion (likely faith in Christ) and to the heavenly Jerusalem. This is the city of the living God, where thousands and thousands of angels have come to celebrate.
(23) Here you will find all of God's dearest children, whose names are written in heaven. And you will find God himself, who judges everyone. Here also are the spirits of those good people who have been made perfect.
(24) And Jesus is here! He is the one who makes God's new agreement with us, and his sprinkled blood says much better things than the blood of Abel. [Genesis 4:10 ; Matthew 26:28]
Hebrews 12:22-24 NWT
22 But you have approached a Mount Zion (likely faith in Christ) and a city of [the] living God, heavenly Jerusalem, and myriads of angels, 23 in general assembly, and the congregation of the firstborn who have been enrolled in the heavens, and God the Judge of all, and the spiritual lives of righteous ones who have been made perfect, 24 and Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and the blood of sprinkling, which speaks in a better way than Abel's [blood]. [Genesis 4:10 ; Matthew 26:28]
Hebrews 12:22-24 ALT
(22) But youp have come to Mount Zion (likely faith in Christ) and to [the] city of [the] living God, to heavenly Jerusalem and to countless thousands of angels,
(23) to [the] festive gathering and assembly [or, church] of first-born [ones] having been enrolled in heaven and to God, [the] Judge of all [people], and to [the] spirits of righteous [ones] having been made perfect,
(24) and to [the] Mediator of a new covenant—Jesus—and to [the] blood of sprinkling, speaking a better [thing] than the [blood] of Abel. [Genesis 4:10 ; Matthew 26:28]
Hebrews 12:22-24 LITV
(22) But you have drawn near Mount Zion (likely faith in Christ), even the city of the living God, to a heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
(23) and to a gathering, an assembly of the first-born ones having been enrolled in Heaven; and to God the Judge of all, and to spirits of just ones who have been perfected;
(24) and to Jesus the Mediator of a new covenant, and to blood of sprinkling speaking better things than that of Abel. [Genesis 4:10 ; Matthew 26:28]
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
WTNT - William Tyndale New Testament
YLT - Young's Literal Translation