Hebrews 9:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For a tabernacle was prepared, the first room containing the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the bread, which is called the Holy Place.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Σκηνὴ γὰρ κατεσκευάσθη· ἡ πρώτη, ἐν ᾗ ἥ τε λυχνία, καὶ ἡ τράπεζα, καὶ ἡ πρόθεσις τῶν ἄρτων· ἥτις λέγεται ἅγια.

Transliteration

Skēnē gar kateskeuasthē; the prōtē, in hē hē te lychnia, and the trapeza, and the prothesis tōn artōn; hētis legetai hagia.

Grammar Details

• *Skēnē*: nominative feminine singular - 'tabernacle/tent'
• *gar*: conjunction - 'for'
• *kateskeuasthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - 'was prepared/constructed'
• *prōtē*: nominative feminine singular - 'first'
• *hē*: relative pronoun, dative feminine singular - 'in which'
• *te*: connective particle - 'both/and'
• *lychnia*: nominative feminine singular - 'lampstand'
• *trapeza*: nominative feminine singular - 'table'
• *prothesis*: nominative feminine singular - 'setting forth/presentation'
• *tōn artōn*: genitive masculine plural - 'of the loaves/bread'
• *hētis*: relative pronoun, nominative feminine singular - 'which'
• *legetai*: present passive indicative, 3rd person singular - 'is called'
• *hagia*: nominative neuter plural - 'holy places/sanctuary'

Word Meanings

• *Skēnē*: tabernacle/tent/dwelling
• *kateskeuasthē*: was prepared/was constructed/was set up
• *prōtē*: first [section]/outer [tabernacle]
• *lychnia*: lampstand/menorah
• *trapeza*: table
• *prothesis tōn artōn*: presentation of the bread/showbread/bread of presence
• *hagia*: Holy Place/sanctuary/holy [places]

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the lampstand, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein {G1722} [were] the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For there was a fore tabernacle made wherin was the candlesticke and the table and the shewe breed which is called wholy.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For there was made a foretabernacle, wherin was ye candilsticke, and the table, and the shewe bred: and this is called ye Holy.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the first Tabernacle was made, wherein was the candlesticke, and the table, and the shewebread, which Tabernacle is called the Holy places.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For there was a fore tabernacle made, wherein was the lyght, and the table, and the shewe bread, whiche is called holy.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein [was] the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For there was a tabernacle prepared. In the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for a tabernacle was prepared, the first, in which was both the lamp-stand, and the table, and the bread of the presence -- which is called `Holy;'

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the first Tent was made ready, having in it the vessels for the lights and the table and the ordering of the bread; and this is named the holy place.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For a tent was prepared, the outer one, which contained the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this is called the holy place.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 40:4 : 4 Bring in the table and arrange its items, bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.
• Lev 24:5-8 : 5 You shall take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves. Each loaf will be made with two tenths of an ephah. 6 Arrange them in two rows, six loaves per row, on the pure table before the LORD. 7 Place pure frankincense on each row, as a memorial portion for the bread. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD. 8 Every Sabbath day, this arrangement must be set in order before the LORD continually, as a perpetual covenant from the Israelites.
• Exod 26:35 : 35 You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle, with the table on the north side.
• Exod 39:36-38 : 36 They brought the table with all its utensils and the bread of the Presence. 37 The lampstand of pure gold with its lamps arranged in order, all its accessories, and the oil for the light were also brought. 38 They brought the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent.
• Exod 40:2 : 2 “On the first day of the first month, you shall set up the Tabernacle, the tent of meeting.
• Exod 40:18-20 : 18 Moses set up the Tabernacle. He laid its bases, positioned its boards, inserted its crossbars, and set up its pillars. 19 He spread the tent over the Tabernacle and placed the covering of the tent on top, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 20 He took the testimony and placed it in the ark, inserted the poles into the ark, and set the atonement cover on top of the ark.
• Exod 40:22-24 : 22 He placed the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the Tabernacle, outside the veil. 23 He arranged the bread on it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 24 He placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table on the south side of the Tabernacle.
• Exod 39:32-34 : 32 Thus all the work on the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed, and the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses. 33 Then they brought the Tabernacle to Moses—the tent and all its furnishings, including its clasps, frames, crossbars, posts, and bases. 34 They also brought the covering of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the curtain for shielding.
• Exod 25:8-9 : 8 And let them make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them. 9 Make it according to everything I show you—the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings. This is how you are to make it.
• Exod 25:23-26:30 : 23 Make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high. 24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it. 25 Make a rim a handbreadth wide around it, and put a gold border on the rim. 26 Make four gold rings for it and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs. 27 The rings are to be close to the rim to hold the poles for carrying the table. 28 Make the poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold, and use them to carry the table. 29 Make its plates, dishes, pitchers, and bowls for pouring drink offerings; make them of pure gold. 30 Place the bread of the Presence on the table before Me continually. 31 Make a lampstand of pure gold. It is to be made of hammered work: its base and shaft, its cups, its bulbs, and its flowers are to be of one piece with it. 32 Six branches are to extend from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side and three branches from the other. 33 On one branch, there are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms, with bulbs and flowers, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the next branch—both the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. 34 And on the lampstand itself, there are to be four cups shaped like almond blossoms, with bulbs and flowers. 35 A bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, a bulb under the second pair of branches, and a bulb under the third pair of branches—each pair corresponding to the six branches extending from the lampstand. 36 The bulbs and branches shall be of one piece with it, all of it hammered out of pure gold. 37 Then make its seven lamps and set them up so that they illuminate the area in front of it. 38 The wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold. 39 The entire lampstand with its utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold. 40 See to it that you make them according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain. 1 You shall make the tabernacle out of ten curtains made of finely twisted linen, along with blue, purple, and crimson yarn, and you shall create them with designs of cherubim, the work of skilled craftsmen. 2 The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width shall be four cubits. All the curtains shall have the same measurements. 3 Five of the curtains shall be joined together as one set, and the other five curtains shall also be joined together as a second set. 4 You shall make loops of blue yarn on the edge of the end curtain in one set, and likewise on the edge of the corresponding end curtain in the other set. 5 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain, and fifty loops on the edge of the second curtain. The loops shall be opposite one another. 6 You shall make fifty gold clasps and use them to join the curtains together so that the tabernacle forms a single unit. 7 You shall make curtains of goats' hair as a covering for the tabernacle. You shall make eleven of these curtains. 8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width shall be four cubits. All eleven curtains shall have the same measurements. 9 You shall join five of the curtains into one set, and the other six curtains into another set. The sixth curtain you shall fold over at the front of the tent. 10 You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set and fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain in the second set. 11 You shall make fifty bronze clasps and insert them into the loops to join the tent together as one structure. 12 The overlapping part of the tent curtains, the extra half-curtain, shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle. 13 The cubit on one side and the cubit on the other side of what remains in the length of the tent curtains shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on either side to cover it. 14 You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and an additional covering of fine leather above it. 15 You shall make the frames for the tabernacle out of acacia wood, standing upright. 16 Each frame shall be ten cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. 17 Each frame shall have two projections, joined to one another. You shall make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. 18 You shall make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side, facing south. 19 You shall make forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames: two bases under each frame for its two projections. 20 For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, you shall make twenty frames. 21 And their forty silver bases—two bases under each frame. 22 For the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six frames. 23 You shall also make two frames for the corners at the rear of the tabernacle. 24 These two frames shall be doubled at the bottom and joined together at the top by a single ring. Both of them shall be made this way for the two corners. 25 Thus, there shall be eight frames with their sixteen silver bases—two bases under each frame. 26 You shall make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle. 27 You shall make five crossbars for the frames on the second side of the tabernacle and five crossbars for the frames on the rear side of the tabernacle, toward the west. 28 The central crossbar shall pass through the middle of the frames, from one end to the other. 29 You shall overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings for them to hold the crossbars; you shall also overlay the crossbars with gold. 30 You shall set up the tabernacle according to the plan you were shown on the mountain.
• Exod 26:33 : 33 You shall hang the veil under the clasps and bring the Ark of the Testimony inside the veil, and the veil shall separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place for you.
• Exod 29:1 : 1 This is the procedure you shall follow to consecrate them to serve Me as priests: Take one young bull and two unblemished rams.
• Exod 29:35 : 35 Do for Aaron and his sons everything I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them.
• Exod 36:8-9 : 8 All the skilled workers among them made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully woven into them. 9 Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size. 10 They joined five of the curtains together and joined the other five curtains together as well. 11 They made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set and did the same along the edge of the end curtain in the other set. 12 They made fifty loops on the edge of one curtain and fifty loops on the edge of the end curtain in the other set, with the loops opposite each other. 13 Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to join the curtains together so that the tabernacle was a single unit. 14 They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle, making eleven in all. 15 Each curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all eleven curtains were the same size. 16 They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set. 17 They made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the other set. 18 They also made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together as one unit. 19 They made a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of durable leather. 20 They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. 21 Each frame was ten cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. 22 Each frame had two tenons, joined to one another. They made all the frames of the tabernacle this way. 23 They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle. 24 And they made forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon. 25 For the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames. 26 And they made forty silver bases—two under each frame. 27 They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle. 28 And they made two frames for the corners at the far end. 29 The frames at the corners were paired at the bottom and joined at the top by a single ring. They made both corner frames this way for the two corners. 30 So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame. 31 They made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, 32 five for those on the other side, and five for the frames at the far end, the west end of the tabernacle. 33 They made the center crossbar so that it ran from end to end at the middle of the frames. 34 They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold. 35 They made the curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker. 36 They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They cast four silver bases for the posts, and the hooks of the posts were made of gold. 37 For the entrance to the tent, they made a curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer. 38 They made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and cast their five bases of bronze.
• Exod 37:10-24 : 10 He made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high. 11 He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it. 12 He made a rim around it a handbreadth wide and added a gold molding to the rim. 13 He cast four gold rings for the table and attached the rings to the four corners of its legs. 14 The rings were placed near the frame as holders for the poles used to carry the table. 15 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold to carry the table. 16 He made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates, its utensils, its bowls, and its pitchers for pouring drink offerings. 17 He made the lampstand of pure gold; it was hammered out, including its base, its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its flowers, all made as one piece. 18 Six branches extended from its sides: three branches of the lampstand on one side and three branches on the other. 19 Each branch had three cups shaped like almond blossoms, with a bud and a flower; this was true of all six branches extending from the lampstand. 20 The lampstand itself had four cups shaped like almond blossoms, with its buds and its flowers. 21 There was a bud under each pair of the six branches extending from the lampstand. 22 The buds and branches were all one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold. 23 He made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and its trays of pure gold. 24 He made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold.