Hebrews 9 · Verse 6

Hebrews 9:6

Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

Hebrews 9:6, King James Version

Hebrews 9:6 in other translations

BSB	When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
WEB	Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,
ASV	Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;
YLT	And these things having been thus prepared, into the first tabernacle, indeed, at all times the priests do go in, performing the services,
DARBY	Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle the priests enter at all times, accomplishing the services;
BBE	Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.
Webster	Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God:

What does Hebrews 9:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. The use made of the sanctuary so furnished by the high priest on the anniversary of atonement. ordained--arranged. always--twice at the least every day, for the morning and evening care of the lamps, and offering of incense (Ex 30:7, 8). went--Greek, "enter": present tense.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes

Verse 6. When thee things were thus ordained. Thus arranged or appointed. Having shown what the tabernacle was, the apostle proceeds to show what was done in it.

The Priests went always into the first tabernacle. The outer tabernacle, called the holy place. They were not permitted to enter the holy of holies, that being entered only once in a year by the high priest. The holy place was entered every day to make the morning and evening oblation.

Accomplishing the service of God. Performing the acts of worship which God had appointed--burning incense, etc. Lk 1:9.

(b) "Priests" Nu 27:3

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 6 When these thing were thus ordained - When the tabernacle was made, and its furniture placed in it, according to the Divine direction. The priests went always into the first Tabernacle - That is, into the first part of the tabernacle, or holy place, into which he went every day twice, accomplishing the services, τας λατρειας επιτελουντες, which included his burning the incense at the morning and evening sacrifice, dressing the lamps, removing the old show-bread and laying on the new, and sprinkling the blood of the sin-offerings before the veil Lev 4:6 : and for these works he must have constant access to the place.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hebrews 9:6-10

The apostle goes on to speak of the Old Testament services. Christ, having undertaken to be our High Priest, could not enter into heaven till he had shed his blood for us; and none of us can enter, either into God's gracious presence here, or his glorious presence hereafter, but by the blood of Jesus. Sins are errors, great errors, both in judgment and practice; and who can understand all his errors? They leave guilt upon the conscience, not to be washed away but by the blood of Christ. We must plead this blood on earth, while he is pleading it for us in heaven. A few believers, under the Divine teaching, saw something of the way of access to God, of communion with him, and of admission into heaven through the promised Redeemer, but the Israelites in general looked no further than the outward forms. These could not take away the defilement or dominion of sin. They could neither discharge the debts, nor resolve the doubts, of him who did the service. Gospel times are, and should be, times of reformation, of clearer light as to all things needful to be known, and of greater love, causing us to bear ill-will to none, but good-will to all. We have greater freedom, both of spirit and speech, in the gospel, and greater obligations to a more holy living.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Hebrews 9:6 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.

τούτωνtoutōnThese thingsG3778

δὲdenowG1161

οὕτωςhoutōsthusG3779

κατεσκευασμένωνkateskeuasmenōnpreparedG2680

εἰςeisintoG1519

μὲνmenindeedG3303

τὴνtēntheG3588

πρώτηνprōtēnfirstG4413

σκηνὴνskēnēntabernacleG4633

διὰdiaatG1223

παντὸςpantosall [times]G3956

εἰσίασινeisiasinenterG1524

οἱhoitheG3588

ἱερεῖςhi'ereispriestsG2409

τὰςtastheG3588

λατρείαςlatreiassacred servicesG2999

ἐπιτελοῦντες·epitelountesaccomplishing;G2005

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Cross references for Hebrews 9:6

Numbers 28:3
And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
Exodus 27:21
In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
Luke 1:8-11
And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course, According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense. And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
2 Chronicles 26:16-19
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense. And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, that were valiant men: And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God. Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.
Daniel 8:11
Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
Exodus 30:7-8
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the priests.
Ex 27:21; 30:7,8; Nu 28:3; 2Ch 26:16-19; Da 8:11; Lu 1:8-11

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Context

Hebrews 9:5
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
Hebrews 9:6
Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
Hebrews 9:7
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

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Hebrews 9:6 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y estas cosas así ordenadas, en el primer tabernáculo siempre entraban los sacerdotes para hacer los oficios del culto;
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Or ces choses étant ainsi disposées, les sacrificateurs entrent constamment dans le premier tabernacle, accomplissant le service;
German Elberfelder 1871	Da nun dieses also eingerichtet ist, gehen in die vordere Hütte allezeit die Priester hinein und vollbringen den Dienst;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	His vero ita compositis, in priori quidem tabernaculo semper introibant sacerdotes, sacrificiorum officia consummantes: