Hebrews 8:5

Being servants of that which is a copy and an image of the things in heaven, as Moses, when he was about to make the Tent, had special orders from God: for, See, he said, that you make everything like the design which you saw in the mountain.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4If he had been on earth he would not have been a priest at all, because there are other priests who make the offerings ordered by the law;

6But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

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Cross References

Exodus 26:30And you are to make the House from the design which you saw on the mountain.

Numbers 8:4The support for the lights was of hammered gold work, from its base to its flowers it was of hammered work; from the design which the Lord had given to Moses, he made the support for the lights.

1 Chronicles 28:12And the design of all he had in his heart for the outer squares of the house of the Lord, and for the rooms all round it, and for the store-houses of the house of the Lord, and for the store-houses for the holy things;

Acts 7:44Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.

Hebrews 9:9And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

Hebrews 10:1For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.

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 →

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