a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
Parallel translations
- KJV A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
- BSB and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
- NKJV a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.
- NASB a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, not man.
- NLT There he ministers in the heavenly Tabernacle, the true place of worship that was built by the Lord and not by human hands.
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Christ ministers in the true tabernacle in heaven, set up by the Lord and not by man. His priestly service takes place in the real, heavenly sanctuary.
Overview
Jesus serves not in an earthly tent but in the heavenly sanctuary, the genuine dwelling that the earthly tabernacle merely copied. This 'true tabernacle' was pitched by God Himself. Christ's ministry there means our access to God is grounded in the heavenly reality, not in shadows.
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- Exod 33:7Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it outside the camp, far away from the camp, and he called it “The Tent of Meeting.” Everyone who sought Yahweh went out to the Tent of Meeting, which was outside the camp.
- Rom 15:8Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,
- 2 Cor 5:1For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
- Heb 9:23–24It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- Luke 24:44He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
- Heb 9:8–12The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn’t yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;
- Exod 28:35It shall be on Aaron to minister: and its sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before Yahweh, and when he comes out, that he not die.
- Heb 10:21and having a great priest over God’s house,
- Col 2:11in whom you were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the sins of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
- Heb 11:10For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
- Exod 28:1“Bring Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, near to you from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
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