the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Hebrews 9:1
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Now even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary.
Now even the first covenant had requirements of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary.
The first agreement was full of rules and regulations on how to do things in the holiest place on earth at the time.
Now the first agreement had its rules of worship, and a holy order.
The first therefore also indeed had ordinances of service, and the sanctuary, a worldly one.
Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary.
And verily the first covenant also had ordinances of worship and a worldly sanctuary.
Now even the first Covenant had regulations for divine worship, and had also its sanctuary--a sanctuary belonging to this world.
Then verily the first Couenant had also ordinances of diuine Seruice, and a worldly Sanctuary.
Truly, then, the first covenant also had ordinances of service, and the earthly holy place.
That first Tabernacle verely had ordinaunces, and seruynges off God and outwarde holynes.
The first alliance then had rites of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
That first plan contained directions for worship, and a specially designed place of worship. A large outer tent was set up. The lampstand, the table, and "the bread of presence" were placed in it. This was called "the Holy Place." Then a curtain was stretched, and behind it a smaller, inside tent set up. This was called "the Holy of Holies." In it were placed the gold incense altar and the gold-covered ark of the covenant containing the gold urn of manna, Aaron's rod that budded, the covenant tablets, and the angel-wing-shadowed mercy seat. But we don't have time to comment on these now.
Now even the first covenant had regulations for divine worship and for the earthly sanctuary.
Now even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world.
Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.
That fyrst tabernacle verely had ordinaunces and servynges of god and wordly holynes.
Now even a first [covenant] had also ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, [a sanctuary] of this world.
Then verily the first [covenant] had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
It had, indeed, then (even the first tabernacle) ordinances of service, also a worldly sanctuary,
The first agreement had rules for worship and a place on earth for worship.
Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.
Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
The first promise that was made included rules for worship and a tent for worship here on earth.
Now the first covenant had both regulations for worship and a Holy Place here on earth.
Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness.
Then the first Testament had also ordinances of religion, and a worldly Sanctuarie.
THEN verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary.
Now the first covenant also had regulations for ministry and an earthly sanctuary.
Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary.
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But in the first there were ordinances of ministry, and a worldly [fn] sanctuary.
Now, under the first [fn] , there were ordinances of ministration, and a worldly sanctuary.
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That first covenant between God and Israel had regulations for worship and a place of worship here on earth.
There were special ways of worship and a special holy place made by man for the Old Way of Worship.
Now even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world.
Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.
Even the first, indeed, therefore, used to have righteous appointments of divine service, even the holy ritual well arranged.
The former indeed had also justifications of divine service and a sanctuary.
Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and the earthly sanctuary.
The first couenaunt then had verylye iustifiyng ordinaunces, seruinges of God, and worldlye holynesse.
The first agreement had rules for worship and a place for worship here on earth.
Now even the first covenant had regulations for divine worship and the earthly sanctuary.
The first covenant had rules for worship and a place made for worship as well.
And the former testament hadde iustefiyngis of worschip, and hooli thing duringe for a tyme.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the first: Hebrews 8:7, Hebrews 8:13
had: Hebrews 9:10, Leviticus 18:3, Leviticus 18:4, Leviticus 18:30, Leviticus 22:9, Numbers 9:12, Ezekiel 43:11, Luke 1:6
ordinances: or, ceremonies
and: Hebrews 9:10, Hebrews 9:11, Hebrews 8:2, Exodus 25:8, Colossians 2:8
Reciprocal: Exodus 12:22 - a bunch Isaiah 24:5 - changed John 3:31 - he that is Hebrews 9:15 - the first Revelation 21:22 - the Lamb
Cross-References
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
Praise ye the Lord . Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord , that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then verily the first covenant had ordinances of divine service,.... The design of the apostle in this chapter, as it stands in connection with what goes before, is to show the pre-eminence of Christ, from the tabernacle, and the things in it; as well as from the priesthood and covenant; and as also the abrogation of the Levitical ceremonies in particular, as well as the first covenant in general; and that they were all types and figures of Christ, and had their fulfilment in him: the word "first", here used, designs not the tabernacle, but the covenant; therefore it is rightly thus supplied in our version, as it is in the Arabic and Ethiopic versions: which is said to have "ordinances of divine service"; belonging to the service of God, which was performed both by the priests, and by the people; and these ordinances were no other than the carnal ordinances, or rites of the ceremonial law: the word used signifies "righteousnesses"; and they are so called, because they were appointed by a righteous God; and were imposed on the people of the Jews in a righteous way; and by them men became externally and typically righteous; for they were figures and types of justification by the righteousness of Christ, though no complete, perfect, real righteousness, came by them.
And a worldly sanctuary. Philo the Jew says l, it was a type of the world, and of the various things in it; though it was rather either a type of the church, or of heaven, or of Christ's human nature: the better reason of its being so called is, because it consisted of earthly matter, and worldly things; it was in the world, and only had its use in the world, and so is opposed to the heavenly sanctuary; for the Jews often speak of מקדש שלמעלה, "a sanctuary above", and מקדש שלמטה, "a sanctuary below" m, and of משכנא דלעילא, "a tabernacle above", and משכנא דלתתא, "a tabernacle below" n; which answered to one another: the words may be rendered "a beautiful sanctuary", a well adorned one; and such especially was the temple, or sanctuary built by Solomon, rebuilt by Zerubbabel, and repaired and adorned by Herod, Luke 21:5. And the Jews say, that he that never saw Herod's building, meaning the temple, never saw a beautiful building; see Luke 21:5.
l De Vita Mosis, p. 667. m Jarchi in Gen. xxviii. 17. n Zohar in Exod. fol. 65. 4. & 94. 4. & 96. 2. & in Lev. fol. 1. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Then verily - Or, moreover. The object is to describe the tabernacle in which the service of God was celebrated under the former dispensation, and to show that it had a reference to what was future, and was only an imperfect representation of the reality. It was important to show this, as the Jews regarded the ordinances of the tabernacle and of the whole Levitical service as of divine appointment, and of perpetual obligation. The object of Paul is to prove that they were to give place to a more perfect system, and hence, it was necessary to discuss their real nature.
The first covenant - The word “covenant” is not in the Greek, but is not improperly supplied. The meaning is, that the former arrangement or dispensation had religious rites and services connected with it.
Had also ordinances - Margin, “Ceremonies.” The Greek word means “laws, precepts, ordinances;” and the idea is, that there were laws regulating the worship of God. The Jewish institutions abounded with such laws.
And a worldly sanctuary - The word “sanctuary” means a holy place, and is applied to a house of worship, or a temple. Here it may refer either to the temple or to the tabernacle. As the temple was constructed after the same form as the tabernacle, and had the same furniture, the description of the apostle may be regarded as applicable to either of them, and it is difficult to determine which he had in his eye. The term “worldly,” applied to “sanctuary,” here means that it pertained to this world; it was contradistinguished from the heavenly sanctuary not made with hands where Christ was now gone; compare Hebrews 9:11-24. It does not mean that it was “worldly” in the sense in which that word is now used as denoting the opposite of spiritual, serious, religious; but worldly in the sense that it belonged to the earth rather than to heaven; it was made by human hands, not directly by the hands of God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER IX.
Of the first covenant, and its ordinances, 1.
The tabernacle, candlestick, table, show-bread, veil, holy of
holies, censer, ark, pot of manna, Aaron's rod, tables of the
covenant, cherubim of glory, and mercy seat, 2-5.
How the priests served, 6, 7.
What was signified by the service, 8-10.
The superior excellency of Christ's ministry and sacrifice, and
the efficacy of his blood, 11-26.
As men must once die and be judged, so Christ was once offered
to bear the sins of many, and shall come without a
sin-offering, a second time, to them that expect him, 27, 28.
NOTES ON CHAP. IX.
Verse Hebrews 9:1. The first covenant had also ordinances] Our translators have introduced the word covenant, as if διαθηκη had been, if not originally in the text, yet in the apostle's mind. Several MSS., but not of good note, as well as printed editions, with the Coptic version, have σκηνη tabernacle; but this is omitted by ABDE, several others, both the Syriac, AEthiopic, Armenian, Vulgate, some copies of the Itala, and several of the Greek fathers; it is in all probability a spurious reading, the whole context showing that covenant is that to which the apostle refers, as that was the subject in the preceding chapter, and this is a continuation of the same discourse.
Ordinances — δικαιωματα. Rites and ceremonies.
A worldly sanctuary. — αγιον κοσμικον. It is supposed that the term worldly, here, is opposed to the term heavenly, Hebrews 8:5; and that the whole should be referred to the carnality or secular nature of the tabernacle service. But I think there is nothing plainer than that the apostle is speaking here in praise of this sublimely emblematic service, and hence he proceeds to enumerate the various things contained in the first tabernacle, which added vastly to its splendour and importance; such as the table of the show-bread, the golden candlestick, the golden censer, the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, in which was the golden pot that had the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the two tables which God had written with his own finger: hence I am led to believe that κοσμικος is here taken in its proper, natural meaning, and signifies adorned, embellished, splendid; and hence κοσμος, the world: Tota hujus universi machina, coelum et terram complectens et quicquid utroque contineter, κοσμος dicitur, quod nihil ea est mundius, pulchrius, et ornatius. "The whole machine of this universe, comprehending the heavens and the earth, and whatsoever is contained in both, is called κοσμος, because nothing is more beautiful, more fair, and more elegant." So Pliny, Hist. Nat., l. ii. c. 5: Nam quem κοσμον Graeci nomine ornamenti appellaverunt, eum nos a perfecta absolutaque elegantia, MUNDUM. "That which the Greeks call κοσμος, ornament, we, (the Latins,) from its perfect and absolute elegance call mundum, world." See on "Genesis 2:1".
The Jews believe that the tabernacle was an epitome of the world; and it is remarkable, when speaking of their city, that they express this sentiment by the same Greek word, in Hebrew letters, which the apostle uses here: so in Bereshith Rabba, s. 19, fol. 19: כל קוזמיקון שלו שם הוא col kozmikon (κοσμικον) shelo sham hu. "All his world is placed there." Philo says much to the same purpose.
If my exposition be not admitted, the next most likely is, that God has a worldly tabernacle as well as a heavenly one; that he as truly dwelt in the Jewish tabernacle as he did in the heaven of heavens; the one being his worldly house, the other his heavenly house.
