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Hebrews 8:5

Moses
Heaven and the new creation

3 And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.

4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

6 Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
KJV
Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
WEB
who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”
ASV
who serve [that which is] a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned [of God] when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.
DARBY
(who serve the representation and shadow of heavenly things, according as Moses was oracularly told [when] about to make the tabernacle; for See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern which has been shewn to thee in the mountain.)
BLB
who serve as an example and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was divinely warned being about to complete the tabernacle. For He says, “See that you will make all things according to the pattern having been shown to you in the mountain.”
ÅB
de som tjener ved et avbilde og en skygge av det himmelske, etter den forskrift som Moses fikk da han skulle gjøre tabernaklet; for han sier; Se til at du gjør alt etter det bilde som ble vist deg på fjellet.
OTB
De tjener i en helligdom som er en kopi og skygge av de himmelske ting, slik som Moses ble advart da han skulle bygge tabernaklet: "Se til at du gjør alt etter det mønsteret som ble vist deg på fjellet."
B1930
de som tjener ved et avbillede og en skygge av det himmelske, efter den forskrift som Moses fikk da han skulde gjøre tabernaklet; for han sier; Se til at du gjør alt efter det billede som blev vist dig på fjellet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 25:40

    See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

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  • Colossians 2:17

    These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.

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  • Hebrews 10:1

    For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

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  • Exodus 26:30

    So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

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  • Exodus 27:8

    Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:19

    “All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:12

    The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,

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  • Numbers 8:4

    This is how the lampstand was constructed: it was made of hammered gold from its base to its blossoms, fashioned according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.

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