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Hebrews 8:5

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

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ASV

who serve that which is a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of God when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.

KJV

Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
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ὑποδείγματιhupodeigmatito a copyG5262 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
σκιᾷskiashadowG4639 →
λατρεύουσινlatreuousinminsterG3000 →
τῶνtōnof theG3588 →
ἐπουρανίων,epouraniōnheavenly,G2032 →
καθὼςkathōseven asG2531 →
κεχρημάτισταιkechrēmatistaihas been divinely instructedG5537 →
ΜωϋσῆςMōusēsMosesG3475 →
μέλλωνmellōnbeing aboutG3195 →
ἐπιτελεῖνepiteleinto completeG2005 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
σκηνήν·skēnēntabernacle;G4633 →
ὅραhorado see thatG3708 →
γάρgarforG1063 →
φησινphēsinHe saysG5346 →
ποιήσειςpoiēseisyou will makeG4160 →
πάνταpantaall thingsG3956 →
κατὰkataaccording toG2596 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
τύπονtuponpatternG5179 →
τὸνtonwhichG3588 →
δειχθένταdeichthentahaving been shownG1166 →
σοιsoiyouG4771 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῷtōtheG3588 →
ὄρει·oreimountain;G3735 →

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Exodus 25:40See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.Colossians 2:17These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.Hebrews 10:1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.Hebrews 9:23So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.Exodus 26:30So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.1 Chronicles 28:19“All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”Exodus 27:8Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.Exodus 25:9You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.1 Chronicles 28:12The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,Psalms 119:18Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.Hebrews 9:9It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.Numbers 8:4This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.Hebrews 9:23–24So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.Acts 7:44Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.Hebrews 3:5Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.

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