Hebrews 9:1, The description of the rites and bloody sacrifices of the law; Hebrews 9:11, which are far inferior to the dignity and perfection of the blood and sacrifice of Christ.
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Hebrews 9 — OverviewHebrews 9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe apostle, having declared the Old-Testament dispensation antiquated
and vanishing away, proceeds to let the Hebrews see the correspondence
there was between the Old Testament and the New; and that whatever was…Hebrews 9 — OverviewHebrews 9 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe apostle having, in the former chapter, taken notice of the first covenant, in this proceeds to show what belonged to it, that it had service performed under it, and a place in which it was performed, Heb 9:1 and he…Hebrews 9:1-7Hebrews 9:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere, I. The apostle gives an account of the tabernacle, that place of
worship which God appointed to be pitched on earth; it is called a
worldly sanctuary, wholly of this world, as to the materials of which
it…Hebrews 9:1Hebrews 9:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThen verily (or, now indeed) the first covenant also (or, even the first covenant) had ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary (rather its sanctuary of this world ( τὸ ἅγιον κοσμεκόν). The definite…Hebrews 9:1Hebrews 9:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe orderly arrangements of the new covenant.
Evidently a double meaning is possible to the adjective κοσμικόν. The sanctuary sheltered within the tabernacle was a sanctuary of this world; but is that all the writer…Hebrews 9:1-5Hebrews 9:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryPassing reference to the symbolism of the Jewish tabernacle.
The third deduction from the fact that Christ, infinitely greater than Aaron, is High Priest at the right hand of God: The abolition of the Jewish types by…
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