who serve (A)the copy and (B)shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, (C)“See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

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They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy(A) and shadow(B) of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned(C) when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:5 Exodus 25:40

17 (A)which are a shadow of things to come, but the [a]substance is of Christ.

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  1. Colossians 2:17 Lit. body

17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come;(A) the reality, however, is found in Christ.

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40 And (A)see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.

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40 See that you make them according to the pattern(A) shown you on the mountain.

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Animal Sacrifices Insufficient

10 For the law, having a (A)shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, (B)can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.

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Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10 The law is only a shadow(A) of the good things(B) that are coming—not the realities themselves.(C) For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect(D) those who draw near to worship.(E)

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30 And you shall raise up the tabernacle (A)according to its pattern which you were shown on the mountain.

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30 “Set up the tabernacle(A) according to the plan(B) shown you on the mountain.

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19 “All this,said David, (A)“the Lord made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the [a]works of these plans.”

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  1. 1 Chronicles 28:19 details

19 “All this,” David said, “I have in writing as a result of the Lord’s hand on me, and he enabled me to understand all the details(A) of the plan.(B)

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You shall make it hollow with boards; (A)as it was shown you on the mountain, so shall they make it.

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Make the altar hollow, out of boards. It is to be made just as you were shown(A) on the mountain.

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12 and the (A)plans for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the Lord, of all the chambers all around, (B)of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the dedicated things;

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12 He gave him the plans of all that the Spirit(A) had put in his mind for the courts of the temple of the Lord and all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the temple of God and for the treasuries for the dedicated things.(B)

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Greatness of Christ’s Sacrifice

23 Therefore it was necessary that (A)the copies of the things in the heavens should be [a]purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For (B)Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are [b]copies of (C)the true, but into heaven itself, now (D)to appear in the presence of God for us;

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  1. Hebrews 9:23 cleansed
  2. Hebrews 9:24 representations

23 It was necessary, then, for the copies(A) of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one;(B) he entered heaven itself,(C) now to appear for us in God’s presence.(D)

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It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered (A)which cannot make him who performed the service perfect in regard to the conscience—

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This is an illustration(A) for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered(B) were not able to clear the conscience(C) of the worshiper.

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(A)Now this workmanship of the lampstand was hammered gold; from its shaft to its flowers it was (B)hammered work. (C)According to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

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This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold(A)—from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern(B) the Lord had shown Moses.

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Hear the Heavenly Voice

25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For (A)if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,

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25 See to it that you do not refuse(A) him who speaks.(B) If they did not escape when they refused him who warned(C) them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?(D)

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By faith (A)Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, (B)prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of (C)the righteousness which is according to faith.

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By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,(A) in holy fear built an ark(B) to save his family.(C) By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.(D)

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