Hebrews 8:2

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

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1The pith of all that we have been saying is this; we do have such a High Priest; and he has taken his seat on the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,

3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; whence it follows that this High Priest also must have some offering to make.

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Cross References

Romans 15:8For I say that Christ has been made a minister of the Circumcision the people of Israel, in vindication of God’s truth, so that he may confirm the promises given to our forefathers;

Colossians 2:11In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands; even in putting off your sensual nature in Christ’s own circumcision,

Hebrews 9:23While, then, it was necessary that the copies of the heavenly things should be cleansed by such sacrifices, the heavenly things themselves required nobler sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 11:10For he continually looked for the city which has foundations, 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 →

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