Hebrews 9:3
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
Hebrews 9:3 in other translations
| BSB | Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, |
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| WEB | After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, |
| ASV | And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies; |
| YLT | and after the second vail a tabernacle that is called ‘Holy of holies,' |
| DARBY | but after the second veil a tabernacle which is called Holy of holies, |
| BBE | And inside the second veil was the place which is named the Holy of holies; |
| Webster | And after the second vail, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; |
What does Hebrews 9:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
The tabernacle. That is, the inner tabernacle; or that which was more properly called the tabernacle. The name was given to either of the two rooms into which it was divided, or to the whole structure.
Which is called the Holiest of all. It was called "the Most Holy Place;" "the Holy of Holies;" or "the Holiest of all." It was so called because the symbol of the Divine Presence--the Shekinah--dwelt there between the cherubim.
(a) "veil" Ex 26:31,31
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hebrews 9:1-5
The apostle shows to the Hebrews the typical reference of their ceremonies to Christ. The tabernacle was a movable temple, shadowing forth the unsettled state of the church upon earth, and the human nature of the Lord Jesus Christ, in whom the fulness of the Godhead dwelt bodily. The typical meaning of these things has been shown in former remarks, and the ordinances and articles of the Mosaic covenant point out…
Hebrews 9:3 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Hebrews 9:3
- Exodus 26:31-33
And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
- Matthew 27:51
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
- Exodus 40:21
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.
- Exodus 40:3
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
- 1 Kings 8:6
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
- Hebrews 9:8
The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
- Hebrews 10:19-20
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
- 2 Chronicles 3:14
And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
- Hebrews 6:19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
- Isaiah 25:7
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
- Exodus 36:35-38
And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
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Context
- Hebrews 9:2
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
- Hebrews 9:3
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
- Hebrews 9:4
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
Hebrews 9:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tras el segundo velo estaba el tabernáculo, que llaman el Lugar Santísimo; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et, après le second voile, un tabernacle qui est appelé saint des saints, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | hinter dem zweiten Vorhang aber eine Hütte, welche das Allerheiligste genannt wird, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Post velamentum autem secundum, tabernaculum, quod dicitur Sancta sanctorum: |