Verse 1
a. The (twofold) tabernacle, with its gorgeous furniture, and its priestly and high priestly ritual, was without worth but as a type, Hebrews 9:1-10 .
1. Then verily the first covenant The word covenant, as the Italics show, is not in the Greek, but is rightly supplied by our translators from the last chapter.
Had As the tabernacle was first constituted by Moses.
Ordinances Literally, (Greek,) justifications; that is, arrangements justified by the divine will.
Worldly sanctuary That is, an earthly, in contrast with the true and heavenly sanctuary of which this was type; namely, the greater and more perfect tabernacle of Hebrews 9:11, the holy place of Hebrews 9:12, and the heaven itself into which Christ is entered of Hebrews 9:24. Indeed, in this last verse both sides of the antithesis are given, namely, the holy places made with hands, and the heaven itself. See note on Hebrews 8:5.
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