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They offer worship in a sanctuary that is[a] a sketch and shadow of the heavenly one, just as Moses was warned when he was about to erect the tent.[b] For, God[c] said, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”(A)

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  1. 8.5 Gk lacks a sanctuary that is
  2. 8.5 Or tabernacle
  3. 8.5 Gk he

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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  1. Hebrews 8:5 Exodus 25:40

17 These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the body belongs to Christ.

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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 see that you make them according to the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.(A)

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

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Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10 Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true form of these realities, it[a] can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who approach.(A)

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  1. 10.1 Other ancient authorities read they

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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You shall make it hollow, with boards. They shall be made just as you were shown on the mountain.(A)

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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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30 Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to the plan for it that you were shown on the mountain.(A)

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

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Christ’s Sacrifice Takes Away Sin

23 Thus it was necessary for the sketches of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves need better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.(A)

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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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This is a symbol[a] of the present time, indicating that gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper(A)

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  1. 9.9 Gk parable

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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44 “Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, as God[a] directed when he spoke to Moses, ordering him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.(A)

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  1. 7.44 Gk he

44 “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law(A) with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.(B)

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19 “All this, in writing at the Lord’s direction, he made clear to me—the plan of all the works.”(A)

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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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12 and the plan of all that he had in mind for the courts of the house of the Lord, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries of the house of God, and the treasuries for dedicated gifts;(A)

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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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Now this was how the lampstand was made, out of hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.(A)

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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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25 See that you do not refuse the one who is speaking, for if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject the one who warns from heaven!(A)

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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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