⁵ They serve ^(A)a copy and ^(B)shadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, ^(C)“See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”

^17 (A)These are a shadow of the things to come, but ^(B)the substance belongs to Christ.

⁴⁰ And ^(A)see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.

Christ's Sacrifice Once for All

10 For since the law has but ^(A)a shadow ^(B)of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, ^(C)it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.

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

¹⁹ “All this he made clear to me in writing from the hand of the Lord, ^(A)all the work to be done according to the plan.”

⁸ You shall make it hollow, with boards. ^(A)As it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made.

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

²³ Thus it was necessary for ^(A)the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ has entered, not into holy places ^(B)made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^(C)on our behalf.

⁹ (which is symbolic for the present age).^[a] According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered ^(A)that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,