We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
Parallel translations
- WEB We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.
- BSB We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
- NKJV We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.
- NASB We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.
- NLT We have an altar from which the priests in the Tabernacle have no right to eat.
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Quick answer
Christians have an altar from which those still serving the old tabernacle have no right to eat. Christ's sacrifice is a privilege belonging to those who trust Him, not to those clinging to the old system.
Overview
The 'altar' refers to the sacrifice of Christ and its benefits, which surpass the old covenant offerings. Those who continue to rely on the tabernacle ritual exclude themselves from this greater provision. The verse underscores the decisive break between the shadow of the old system and the substance found in Jesus' once-for-all sacrifice.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Cor 5:7–8Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
- 1 Cor 10:20But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
- 1 Cor 9:13Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
- 1 Cor 10:17–18For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
- Num 7:5Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
- Num 3:7–8And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
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