Alone (μονος). Predicate adjective with ο αρχιερευς.

Once in the year (απαξ του ενιαυτου). Once for each y…

But into the second. The second compartment or room, called the Most Holy Place (Hebrews 9:3).

Went the High Priest…

Went . . . offered.—Rather, enters . . . offers.

And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All; which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid…

“But” marks the contrast. We move from the priests to the high priest and from ministry in the Holy Place to that in the Most Holy Place. Into “the…

For himself and for the errors of the people, or for his own and the ignorances of the people. The verb shagag in Hebrew means to…

Ver. 7 But into the second went the high priest alone, once every
year
Though this is…

The apostle goes on to speak of the Old Testament services. Christ, having undertaken to be our High Priest, could not enter into heaven until he h…

Having described the elements of the Old Testament regarding the arrangement of the tabernacle, the Apostle now continues by discussing the office …