Hebrews 9:21
in Hebrews 9In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
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ASV
Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood.
KJV
Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
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This verse in Hebrews 9
Commentary
10 notes on this verse458. – Then when he says, the tabernacle also and all the vessels used in worship, in the same way he sprinkled with blood, he describes the consecration of the tabernacle. But because the tabernacle had not yet been constructed, the command to consecrate the …
This site's exposition
not put into effect without blood
on Hebrews 9:18-22
At Sinai, Exodus 24, Moses sprinkled the scroll and the people with blood, saying This is the blood of the covenant. The rule follows: without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. The word nearly allows exceptions, such as the flour offering of Leviticus 5:11.
This site's exposition
sprinkled with blood the tabernacle
Exodus 40:9 records only an anointing with oil. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown point to Leviticus 8, which adds blood on Aaron and the altar, and to Josephus, who says the tabernacle was sprinkled. Adam Clarke reads the rite as a sign that everything sinful man uses needs atoning blood.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood, and without shedding of blood is no remission." Why the "almost"? why did he qualify it? Because those [ordinances] were not a perfect purification, nor a perfect remission, but half-complete and in a very small degree. But in this case He says, "This is the blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you, for the remission of sins." Where then is "the book"? He purified their minds. They themselves then were the books of the New Testament. But where are "the vessels of the ministry"? They are themselves. And where is "the tabernacle"? Again, they are; for "I will dwell in them," He says, "and walk in them." But they were not sprinkled with "scarlet wool," nor yet "with hyssop." Why was this? Because the cleansing was not bodily but spiritual, and the blood was spiritual. How? It flowed not from the body of irrational animals, but from the Body prepared by the Spirit. With this blood not Moses but Christ sprinkled us, through the word which was spoken; "This is the blood of the New Testament, for the remission of sins." This word, instead of hyssop, having been dipped in the blood, sprinkles all. And there indeed the body was cleansed outwardly, for the purifying was bodily; but here, since the purifying is spiritual, it entereth into the soul, and cleanseth it, not being simply sprinkled over, but gushing forth in our souls. The initiated understand what is said. And in their case indeed one sprinkled just the surface; but he who was sprinkled washed it off again; for surely he did not go about continually stained with blood. […]
"the tabernacle and." And the tabernacle was a type of the faithful, because of, "I will dwell in them and walk among them." (Lev. 26:12; 2 Cor. 6:16)
The Medieval Church1 voice
And this was a foreshadowing: for the tabernacle is us, according to the following words: "I will dwell in them, and walk in them" (2 Cor. 6:16). We are also "vessels in the great house of God," some golden, others silver (2 Tim. 2:20). Thus, …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Moreover, he sprinkled likewise both the tabernacle,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
He sprinkled ...both the tabernacle - This circumstance is not stated by Moses. On the probability that this was done, see notes on Heb 9:19. The account of setting up the tabernacle occurs in Exo 11:1-10. In that account it is said that Moses “anointed” the tabernacle with the holy anointing oil; Heb 9:9-11. Josephus (Ant. book iii, chapter 8, section 6), says that he consecrated it and the vessels thereto belonging with the blood of bulls and of rams. This was undoubtedly the tradition in the time of Paul, and no one can prove that it is not correct.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Greek, "And, moreover, in like manner." The sprinkling of the tabernacle with blood is added by inspiration here to the account in Ex 30:25-30; 40:9, 10, which mentions only Moses' anointing the tabernacle and its vessels.
He sprinkled - with blood - all the vessels of the ministry - To intimate that every thing used by sinful man is polluted, and that nothing can be acceptable in the sight of a holy God that has not in effect the sprinkling of the atoning blood.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| τὴν | ten | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| σκηνὴν | skenen | tabernacle | G4633 → | 20 times |
| δὲ | de | then | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| πάντα | panta | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| τὰ | ta | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| σκεύη | skeue | vessels | G4632 → | |
| τῆς | tes | of the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| λειτουργίας | leitourgias | ministry | G3009 → | |
| τῷ | to | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| αἵματι | aimati | with blood | G129 → | 97 times |
| ὁμοίως | homoios | likewise | G3668 → | |
| ἐρράντισεν. | errantisen | he sprinkled. | G4472 → | 4 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
τὴνthe
tenG3588 →19766 times
σκηνὴνtabernacle
skenenG4633 →20 times
δὲthen
deG1161 →2765 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
πάνταall
pantaG3956 →1235 times
τὰthe
taG3588 →19766 times
σκεύηvessels
skeueG4632 →
τῆςof the
tesG3588 →19766 times
λειτουργίαςministry
leitourgiasG3009 →
τῷ<the>
toG3588 →19766 times
αἵματιwith blood
aimatiG129 →97 times
ὁμοίωςlikewise
homoiosG3668 →
ἐρράντισεν.he sprinkled.
errantisenG4472 →4 times
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
Exodus 29:36Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:11
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
- Hebrews 9:22–23
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
- Exodus 30:28–29
the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
- Exodus 40:9–11
Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
- Hebrews 10:11
Through
Leviticus 8:15Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at…
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:7
The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out…
- Leviticus 4:7
Through
Exodus 29:12Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
it leads to
- Exodus 27:2
Make a horn on each of its four corners, so that the horns are of one piece, and overlay it with bronze.
- Leviticus 8:15
Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at…
- Leviticus 9:9
The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the…
- Exodus 27:2
Where this verse is studied
On this page
Studies35
- 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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- The Words Tom and Tamim
- Who May Dwell on Your Holy Mountain?
- Theological Words
- Manna
- Noah's Ark as a Type
- Once for All: the Finished Sacrifice
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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); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Hebrews 16; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); 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.