A.T. Robertson Commentary Hebrews 8:2

"a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man." — Hebrews 8:2 (ASV)

Minister (λειτουργος). See on Ro 13:6; Php 2:25.

Of the sanctuary (των αγιων). "Of the holy places" (τα αγια), without any distinction (like 9:8f.; 10:19; 13:11) between the holy place and the most holy place as in 9:2f.

Of the true tabernacle (της σκηνης της αληθινης). By way of explanation of των αγιων. For σκηνη see Mt 17:4 and σκηνος (2 Corinthians 5:1), old word used here for the antitype or archetype of the tabernacle in the wilderness in which Aaron served, the ideal tabernacle in heaven of which the earthly tabernacle was a symbol and reproduced in the temple which merely copied the tabernacle. Hence it is the "genuine" tabernacle and see Joh 1:9 for αληθινος.

Pitched (επηξεν). First aorist active indicative of πηγνυμ, old verb to fasten as the pegs of a tent, here only in the N.T. Cf. Numbers 24:6.