Hebrews 9 · Verse 21

Hebrews 9:21

Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
Hebrews 9:21, King James Version

Hebrews 9:21 in other translations

BSBIn the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
WEBHe sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry in the same way with the blood.
ASVMoreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood.
YLTand both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the service with blood in like manner he did sprinkle,
DARBYAnd the tabernacle too and all the vessels of service he sprinkled in like manner with blood;
BBEAnd the blood was put on the Tent and all the holy vessels in the same way.
WebsterMoreover, he sprinkled likewise with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

What does Hebrews 9:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. Greek, "And, moreover, in like manner." The sprinkling of the tabernacle with blood is added by inspiration here to the account in Ex 30:25-30; 40:9, 10, which mentions only Moses' anointing the tabernacle and its vessels. In Le 8:10, 15, 30, the sprinkling of blood upon Aaron and his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the altar, is mentioned as well as the anointing, so that we might naturally infer, as Josephus has distinctly stated, that the tabernacle and its vessels were sprinkled with blood as well as being anointed: Le 16:16, 20, 33, virtually sanctions this inference. The tabernacle and its contents needed purification (2Ch 29:21).

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 21. He sprinkled--both the tabernacle. This circumstance is not stated by Moses. On the probability that this was done, Heb 9:19. The account of setting up the tabernacle occurs in Ex 40. In that account it is said that Moses anointed the tabernacle with the holy anointing oil, Heb 9:9-11. Josephus (Ant. B. III. ch. viii. & 6) says that he consecrated it, and the vessels thereto belonging, with the blood of bulls and of rams. This was undoubtedly the tradition in the time of Paul, and no one can prove that it is not correct.

And all the vessels of the ministry. Employed in the service of God. The altar, the laver, (Ex 40:10,11,) the censers, dishes, bowls, etc., which were used in the tabernacle.

(b) "Moreover" Ex 29:12,36

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 He sprinkled - with blood - all the vessels of the ministry - To intimate that every thing used by sinful man is polluted, and that nothing can be acceptable in the sight of a holy God that has not in effect the sprinkling of the atoning blood.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hebrews 9:15-22

The solemn transactions between God and man, are sometimes called a covenant, here a testament, which is a willing deed of a person, bestowing legacies on such persons as are described, and it only takes effect upon his death. Thus Christ died, not only to obtain the blessings of salvation for us, but to give power to the disposal of them. All, by sin, were become guilty before God, had forfeited every thing that is…

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Hebrews 9:21 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
τὴνtēntheG3588
σκηνὴνskēnēntabernacleG4633
δὲdethenG1161
καὶkaiandG2532
πάνταpantaallG3956
τὰtatheG3588
σκεύηskeuēvesselsG4632
τῆςtēsof theG3588
λειτουργίαςleitourgiasministryG3009
τῷtō<the>G3588
αἵματιaimatiwith bloodG129
ὁμοίωςhomoiōslikewiseG3668
ἐρράντισεν.errantisenhe sprinkled.G4472

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Cross references for Hebrews 9:21

  • Leviticus 8:15

    And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

  • Leviticus 8:19

    And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

  • Exodus 29:12

    And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

  • Exodus 29:36

    And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

  • Leviticus 9:18

    He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,

  • Leviticus 9:8-9

    Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:

  • Leviticus 16:14-19

    And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. …

  • Ezekiel 43:18-26

    And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord God; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord God, a young bullock for a sin offering. And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. …

  • 2 Chronicles 29:19-22

    Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord. Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord. And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord. So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

  • Exodus 29:20

    Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 29:12,20,36; Le 8:15,19; 9:8,9,18; 16:14-19; 2Ch 29:19-22
Eze 43:18-26

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Context

  • Hebrews 9:20

    Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.

  • Hebrews 9:21

    Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.

  • Hebrews 9:22

    And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

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Hebrews 9:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y además de esto roció también con la sangre el tabernáculo y todos los vasos del ministerio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et, de la même manière, il fit aspersion du sang sur le tabernacle aussi et sur tous les ustensiles du service.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und auch die Hütte und alle Gefäße des Dienstes besprengte er gleicherweise mit dem Blute;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Etiam tabernaculum et omnia vasa ministerii sanguine similiter aspersit.