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For there was a tent prepared, the first, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.
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This verse describes the first of the Tabernacle's two rooms, the "Holy Place." Commentators explain this was the area for regular priestly duties, containing the golden lampstand, the table, and the "shewbread" (or bread of presence). This description sets the stage for the contrast with the even more sacred room, the Most Holy Place, mentioned next.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For there was a tabernacle made. The word "tabernacle" properly means a tent, a booth, or a hut, and was then given preeminently to the te…
A tabernacle the first (σκηνη η πρωτη). See 8:2 for σκηνη. Large tents usually had two divisions (the outer and the inner or the f…
19th Century
Anglican
Tabernacle.—It must be carefully observed that the Epistle throughout refers to the Tabernacle, and not once to the Temples which …
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Baptist
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. And a…
The tabernacle was a tent with two compartments. The term rendered “was set up” (GK 2941) is not the usual word for the pitching of a tent but has …
16th Century
Protestant
For there was a tabernacle, etc. As the Apostle here touches only lightly on the structure of the tabernacle, so that he might no…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For there was a tabernacle made By the direction of Moses, according to the pattern showed him in the Mount:
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The apostle shows the Hebrews the typical reference of their ceremonies to Christ. The tabernacle was a movable temple, foreshadowing the unsettled…
13th Century
Catholic
Having shown in general the dignity of the New Testament as compared to the Old, the Apostle now shows the same in particular by examining the deta…
