who serve a sketch and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he[a] was about to complete the tabernacle, for he says, “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.”[b]

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  1. Hebrews 8:5 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal participle (“about”)
  2. Hebrews 8:5 A quotation from Exod 25:40

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

They serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.”[a]

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  1. 8:5 Exod 25:40; 26:30.