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Hebrews 9:2
A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author addresses Jewish Christians acquainted with the Mosaic worship system, describing the physical layout of the wilderness sanctuary to clarify its ceremonial divisions.
The words — σκηνὴ (skēnē) literally means a tent or tabernacle, and κατεσκευάσθη (kateskeuasthē) conveys that it was deliberately furnished or arranged.
The thread — The described furnishings correspond directly to the placement instructions in Exodus 26:35 and Exodus 40:4, with the consecrated bread detailed in Leviticus 24:5.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to note the exact inventory and location of the Holy Place before the narrative shifts to the second curtain and the Most Holy Place.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
Cross-references
- Exodus 40:4 Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.
- Leviticus 24:5 You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
- Exodus 26:35 And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.
- Exodus 26:33 And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
- Exodus 40:18 When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
- Exodus 40:22 Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
- Exodus 25:8 And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
- Exodus 25:23 You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Exodus 29:1 “Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,
- Exodus 29:35 This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all that I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them.