Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,
- BSB When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
- NKJV Now when these things had been thus prepared, the priests always went into the first part of the tabernacle, performing the services.
- NASB Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the outer tabernacle, performing the divine worship,
- NLT When these things were all in place, the priests regularly entered the first room as they performed their religious duties.
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Quick answer
Priests regularly entered the outer room to carry out their daily duties. Ordinary worship was ongoing but confined to the first compartment.
Overview
The author describes the routine ministry of the priests in the Holy Place. This continual, repeated service highlights the limited and unfinished nature of old-covenant worship. By contrast, Christ's single, completed work ends the need for such endless ritual.
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Cross-references · 6
- Num 28:3And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
- Luke 1:8–11And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,
- Exod 27:21In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
- 2 Chr 26:16–19But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
- Dan 8:11Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
- Exod 30:7–8And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
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