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Hebrews 8:2

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Jesus ChristHeaven and the new creation

1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

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BSB
and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
KJV
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
WEB
a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man.
ASV
a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
DARBY
minister of the holy places and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord has pitched, [and] not man.
BLB
a minister in the holy places and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
ÅB
med prestelig tjeneste i helligdommen, det sanne tabernakel, som Herren har reist, og ikke et menneske.
OTB
en tjener i helligdommen og i det sanne tabernakel, som Herren har reist, ikke av menneskehender.
B1930
med prestelig tjeneste i helligdommen, det sanne tabernakel, som Herren har reist, og ikke et menneske.

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  • Exodus 33:7

    And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:1

    For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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  • Romans 15:8

    Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

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  • Hebrews 9:23–24

    It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

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  • Hebrews 10:21

    And having an high priest over the house of God;

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  • Luke 24:44

    And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

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  • Hebrews 9:8–12

    The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

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  • Colossians 2:11

    In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:

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