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Hebrews 8:5

Moses
Heaven and the new creation

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:

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.

6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the 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

    And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

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  • Colossians 2:17

    Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

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  • Hebrews 10:1

    For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

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  • Exodus 26:30

    And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

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  • Exodus 27:8

    Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:19

    All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:12

    And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:

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  • Numbers 8:4

    And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

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