A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Parallel translations
- WEB a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, 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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Quick answer
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 33:7And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
- Rom 15:8Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
- 2 Cor 5:1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
- Heb 9:23–24It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- Luke 24:44And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
- Heb 9:8–12The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
- Exod 28:35And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
- Heb 10:21And having an high priest over the house of God;
- Col 2:11In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
- Heb 11:10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
- Exod 28:1And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
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