Hebrews 8:2

American Standard Version (1901)

a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

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  • Exod 28:1 : 1 And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
  • Exod 28:35 : 35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before Jehovah, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
  • Exod 33:7 : 7 Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought Jehovah went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
  • Rom 15:8 : 8 For I say that Christ hath been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises [given] unto the fathers,
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
  • Col 2:11 : 11 in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ;
  • Heb 9:8-9 : 8 the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing; 9 which [is] a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect, 10 [ being] only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation. 11 But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, 12 nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.
  • Heb 9:23-24 : 23 It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:
  • Heb 10:21 : 21 and [having] a great priest over the house of God;
  • Heb 11:10 : 10 for he looked for the city which hath the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 8:1
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    1Now in the things which we are saying the chief point [is this] : We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

  • Heb 9:11
    82%

    11But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

  • Heb 8:3-7
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    3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this [high priest] also have somewhat to offer.

    4Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;

    5who serve [that which is] a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned [of God] when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.

    6But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

    7For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.

  • Heb 9:1-9
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    1Now even a first [covenant] had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, [a sanctuary] of this world.

    2For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein [were] the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.

    3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies;

    4having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

    5and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

    6Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;

    7but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people:

    8the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;

    9which [is] a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,

  • Heb 5:1
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    1For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

  • Heb 10:20-21
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    76%

    20by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

    21and [having] a great priest over the house of God;

  • Heb 7:26
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    26For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

  • Heb 13:10-11
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    10We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat that serve the tabernacle.

    11For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest [as an offering] for sin, are burned without the camp.

  • Heb 9:23-25
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    23It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

    24For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:

    25nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place year by year with blood not his own;

  • Heb 6:20
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    20whither as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28For the law appointeth men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, [appointeth] a Son, perfected for evermore.

  • Heb 7:3
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    3without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest continually.

  • Heb 7:20-21
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    20And inasmuch as [it is] not without the taking of an oath

    21(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him that saith of him, The Lord sware and will not repent himself, Thou art a priest for ever);

  • Heb 3:1-2
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    73%

    1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, [even] Jesus;

    2who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.

  • Heb 4:14
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    14Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

  • Heb 7:11-13
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    11Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need [was there] that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?

    12For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

    13For he of whom these things are said belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar.

  • Heb 7:15-17
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    73%

    15And [what we say] is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,

    16who hath been made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

    17for it is witnessed [of him], Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 10:11
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    11And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins:

  • 1 Pet 2:5
    72%

    5ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  • Acts 7:44
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    44Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.

  • Heb 9:21
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    21Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood.

  • Exod 25:8
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    8And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.

  • Exod 26:30
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    30And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been showed thee in the mount.

  • Heb 5:10
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    10named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:6
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    6as he saith also in another [place], Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

  • 2 Cor 5:1
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    1For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

  • Num 1:50
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    50but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

  • Exod 31:7
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    7the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent,