Hebrews 9:6
in Hebrews 9When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;
KJV
Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
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This verse in Hebrews 9
Commentary
14 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The use made of the sanctuary so furnished by the high priest on the anniversary of atonement. ordained--arranged. always--twice at the least every day, for the morning and evening care of the lamps, and offering of incense (Ex 30:7, 8). went--Greek, "enter": present tense.
This site's exposition
entered regularly into the first room
on Hebrews 9:6-7
The priests entered regularly into the first room, and only the high priest entered the second room, once a year, and never without blood. This is the Day of Atonement of Leviticus 16. The chapter sets this yearly entry against Christ's single entry.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers4 voices
And it happened that the Jews neither saw the things that were happening, as the veil was being torn. So it was not more for them than for those who were prefigured, that is, for us, "once a year, the high priest alone." Since he …
In Exodus, in the places concerning these things, it says that on the day the high priest entered the Holy of Holies with the holy incense. And it is written thus; "And he shall burn incense upon it." (that is, upon the golden altar that …
How then does the divine Paul say in this place, "once a year, the high priest alone?" And we say that he indeed entered with blood once a year: as is also said in the aforementioned place of Exodus; but to offer, on these days …
"Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle accomplishing the service of God." That is, these things indeed were there, but the Jews did not enjoy them: they saw them not. So that they were no more theirs than ours for whom they prophesied.
The Medieval Church1 voice
424. – Having described the things which pertain to the Old Testament so far as the disposition of the tabernacle was concerned, the Apostle now continues with the office of the ministers: first, with those who look to the holies; secondly, with those who look …
7 more voices on this verse
The Medieval Church2 voices
Though this was so, he says, the Jews did not participate in it, since the veil held them back. This was preserved for us, for whom it was a foreshadowing.
Figuratively, the curtain in the temple represents the same curtain that the apostle declares openly to the Hebrews, in the place where he also explains properly, according to the allegorical sense, the reason that "the priests go continually into the outer tent, performing their ritual …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Accomplishing their services - Lighting the lamps, changing the shewbread, burning incense, and sprinkling the blood of the sin offerings.
Now when these things were thus ordained,....
(4.) The ordinary priests must enter into the first tabernacle, that they might there accomplish the service of God. They must not do the work of God partially or by halves, but stand complete in the whole of his will and counsel; not only beginning well, but proceeding well, and persevering to the end, fulfilling the ministry they had received.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
When these thing were thus ordained - When the tabernacle was made, and its furniture placed in it, according to the Divine direction.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
When these things were thus ordained - Thus arranged or appointed. Having shown what the tabernacle was, the apostle proceeds to show what was done in it. “The priests went always into the first tabernacle.” The outer tabernacle called the holy place. They were not permitted to enter the Holy of Holies, that being entered only once in a year by the High Priest. The holy place was entered every day to make the morning and evening oblation. Accomplishing the service of God - Performing the acts of worship which God had appointed - burning incense, etc.; Luk 1:9.
The words behind it
17 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| τούτων | touton | These things | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| οὕτως | houtos | thus | G3779 → | 208 times |
| κατεσκευασμένων | kateskeuasmenon | prepared | G2680 → | 11 times |
| εἰς | eis | into | G1519 → | 1755 times |
| μὲν | men | indeed | G3303 → | 176 times |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πρώτην | proten | first | G4413 → | 152 times |
| σκηνὴν | skenen | tabernacle | G4633 → | 20 times |
| διὰ | dia | at | G1223 → | 664 times |
| παντὸς | pantos | all [times] | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| εἰσίασιν | eisiasin | enter | G1524 → | |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἱερεῖς | hi'ereis | priests | G2409 → | 30 times |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| λατρείας | latreias | sacred services | G2999 → | |
| ἐπιτελοῦντες· | epitelountes | accomplishing; | G2005 → |
τούτωνThese things
toutonG3778 →1381 times
δὲnow
deG1161 →2765 times
οὕτωςthus
houtosG3779 →208 times
κατεσκευασμένωνprepared
kateskeuasmenonG2680 →11 times
εἰςinto
eisG1519 →1755 times
μὲνindeed
menG3303 →176 times
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
πρώτηνfirst
protenG4413 →152 times
σκηνὴνtabernacle
skenenG4633 →20 times
διὰat
diaG1223 →664 times
παντὸςall [times]
pantosG3956 →1235 times
εἰσίασινenter
eisiasinG1524 →
οἱthe
hoiG3588 →19766 times
ἱερεῖςpriests
hi'ereisG2409 →30 times
τὰςthe
tasG3588 →19766 times
λατρείαςsacred services
latreiasG2999 →
ἐπιτελοῦντες·accomplishing;
epitelountesG2005 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 8:11It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.
it leads to
- Daniel 12:11
And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
- Revelation 13:5–7
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- Daniel 11:31
His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
- Daniel 12:11
Through
Exodus 27:21In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to…
it leads to
- Numbers 19:21
This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.
- Numbers 18:23
The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an…
- 1 Samuel 3:3
Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
- 2 Chronicles 13:11
Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps…
- Leviticus 3:17
This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
- Numbers 19:21
Where this verse is studied
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- Prayers, Merits, and the Dead
- The General Epistles
- Blue, Purple and Scarlet
- Clean and Unclean
- The Covenants
- The Day of Atonement
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- The Hebrew Feasts
- Forgiving Yourself: What Scripture Says
- Heaven
- The Anchor of the Soul
- How the Cross Saves: The Views of the Atonement
- Incense and the Censers
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About Hebrews
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, On the Tabernacle 2.8.71; Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Hebrews 15; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, The Pseudo-Oecumenian Catena on Hebrews; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Hebrews and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Hebrews.