Hebrews 9:2-3 NIV

For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbead; which is called the holy place. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the holy of holies; having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid with gold, wherein was a golden pot having the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; and over it the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:2

For there was a tabernacle made - The word “tabernacle” properly means a tent, a booth, or a hut, and was then given by way of eminence to the tent for public worship made by Moses in the wilderness. For a description of this, see Exodus 26:0. In this place the word means the “outer sanctuary” or “room” in the tabernacle; that is, the “first” room which was entered - called here “the first.” The same word - σκηνή skēnē - is used in Hebrews 9:3 to denote the “inner” sanctuary, or holy of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:3

And after the second veil - There were two “veils” to the tabernacle. The one which is described in Exodus 26:36-37, was called “the hanging for the door of the tent,” and was made of “blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen,” and was suspended on five pillars of shittim-wood, overlaid with gold. This answered for a door to the whole tabernacle. The second or inner veil, here referred to, divided the holy from the most holy place. This is described in Exodus 26:31-33. It was made... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 9:2

Hebrews 9:2. For there was a tabernacle made Namely, the first part of it of which he speaks, of boards and curtains, pillars and coverings, which constituted a little apartment, as a kind of ante-chamber to the oracle; wherein was the candlestick Of pure gold, with its seven lamps perpetually burning with pure oil, and so giving light to all holy administrations. This undoubtedly represented the fulness of spiritual light which was to be in the Messiah, and by him to be communicated to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 9:3

Hebrews 9:3. And after the second veil That is, with respect to them who entered into the tabernacle; for they were to pass through the whole length of the first part before they came to this: nor was there any other way of entering into it. This veil divided the holy place from the most holy, as the first veil did the holy place from the courts; and they are both here called veils, because by the first, the people were hindered from entering or even looking into the first part of the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:1-10

Priestly work under the old covenant (9:1-10)Before discussing Christ’s priestly work further, the writer describes the tabernacle and its furniture (see introductory notes). The golden altar of incense, though kept in the Holy Place, was connected with the ark of the covenant in the ritual of the Day of Atonement (see Exodus 30:6; Leviticus 16:12-14,Leviticus 16:18-19). This may be why the writer mentions it as belonging to the Most Holy Place. He also mentions the three objects kept in the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 9:2

tabernacle. Greek. skene, tent, which is used by the Septuagint to render the Hebrew mishkan (the structure) and 'ohel (the tent which covered it). Compare Exo 17:19 , Exo 17:21 . made = prepared. wherein = in (Greek. en . App-104 .) which. candlestick = lampstand. Exodus 25:31-40 . According to Josephus, only one in Herod's Temple. Ten in Solomon's; see 1 Kings 7:49 . table . Exodus 25:23-30 . shewbread . Literally the setting forth of the loaves. Exodus 25:30 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 9:3

after = behind. Greek. meta. App-104 . veil . See Hebrews 6:19 . Holiest of all = Holy of Holies. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Hebrews 9:2

For there was a tabernacle prepared the first wherein were the candlestick, and the table and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.For a diagram of the three compartments, the court, the holy place, and the most holy place, see in the tenth chapter. The "first" tabernacle in this verse is identified by the articles of furniture in it as the holy place. In it there were the golden candlestick on the south, the table of showbread on the north, and the golden altar of incense near the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:2-5