Hebrews 8:2
As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 28:1Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.
Exodus 33:7Now it was Moses' way to put up the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle, at some distance away; giving it the name of The Tent of meeting. And everyone desiring to make his prayer to the Lord went to the Tent of meeting outside the tent-circle.
Romans 15:8Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,
Colossians 2:11In whom you had a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
Hebrews 9:23For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.
Hebrews 11:10For he was looking for the strong town, whose builder and maker is God.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 8:2-6
The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 2 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… Read the whole commentary →