Hebrews 9:2 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 9:2

A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

BSB

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ASV

For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein were the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.

KJV

For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For there was a tabernacle made,.... By the direction of Moses, according to the pattern showed him in the Mount: the first; that is, the first part of the tabernacle, called the holy place, in distinction from the holy of holies, which was the second part of the tabernacle; for otherwise there were not a first and a second tabernacle; there never was but one tabernacle: wherein was the candlestick; that this was in the tabernacle, and on the south side of it, and without the vail, where the apostle has placed it, is plain from Exo 26:

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

This candlestick and bread seem to have typified the light and life which are more largely dispensed under the gospel by Him who is the Light of the world, and the Bread of life.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein - The sense is here very obscure, and the construction involved: leaving out all punctuation, which is the case with all the very ancient MSS., the verse stands thus: Σκηνη γαρ κατεσκευασθη ἡ πρωτη εν ᾑ ἡ τε λυχνια, κ. τ. λ. which I suppose an indifferent person, who understood the language, would without hesitation render, For, there was the first tabernacle constructed, in which were the candlestick, etc. And this tabernacle or dwelling may be called the first dwelling place which God had among men, to distinguish it from the second dwelling place, the temple built by Solomon; for tabernacle here is to be considered in its general sense, as implying a dwelling.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
σκηνὴ	skēnē	A tabernacle	G4633 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
κατεσκευάσθη	kateskeuasthē	was prepared	G2680 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
πρώτη	prōtē	first [room] —	G4413 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ᾗ	hē	which [were]	G3739 →
ἥ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
τε	te	both	G5037 →
λυχνία	luchnia	the lampstand	G3087 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
τράπεζα	trapeza	table	G5132 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	of the	G3588 →
πρόθεσις	prothesis	presentation	G4286 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἄρτων,	artōn	bread —	G740 →
ἥτις	hētis	which	G3748 →
λέγεται	legetai	is named	G3004 →
ἅγια.	hagia	[the] Holy [Places].	G39 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Exodus 26:35
And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.
leads to
- Exodus 40:22
  Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
- Exodus 40:24
  He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
Through
Exodus 26:33
And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
leads to
- Exodus 40:21
  Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Hebrews 9:2–3
  A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
- Leviticus 16:2
  And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he…
- Exodus 25:16
  And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
- Genesis 9:4–5
  But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
Through
Exodus 40:4
Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.
leads to
- Leviticus 24:8
  Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews