Hebrews 8:2

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A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, and not man.

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  • Exod 28:1 : 1 Take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may serve Me as priest, along with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
  • Exod 28:35 : 35 It shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the holy place before the LORD and when he comes out, that he may not die.
  • Exod 33:7 : 7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that everyone who sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of the congregation, which was outside the camp.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.
  • Rom 15:8 : 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers:
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • Col 2:11 : 11 In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
  • Heb 9:8-9 : 8 The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing: 9 Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience; 10 Concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; 12 Not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
  • Heb 9:23-24 : 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
  • Heb 10:21 : 21 And having a high priest over the house of God,
  • Heb 11:10 : 10 For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

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  • Heb 8:1
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    1Now of the things we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

  • Heb 9:11
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    11But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a 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 gifts and sacrifices; therefore it is necessary that this man also have something to offer.

    4For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are priests that offer gifts according to the law;

    5Who serve as an example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says He, that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mount.

    6But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

    7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for the second.

  • Heb 9:1-9
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    1Then truly the first covenant also had ordinances of divine service and a worldly sanctuary.

    2For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the lampstand, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary.

    3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All;

    4Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant covered all around with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

    5And above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak in detail.

    6Now when these things were thus arranged, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, performing the service of God.

    7But into the second the high priest went alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people:

    8The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing:

    9Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience;

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

  • Heb 10:20-21
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    20By a new and living way which he consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, his flesh,

    21And having a high priest over the house of God,

  • Heb 7:26
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    26For such a high priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;

  • Heb 13:10-11
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    10We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

    11For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside the camp.

  • Heb 9:23-25
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    23Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

    24For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

    25Not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place every year with the blood of others;

  • Heb 6:20
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    20Where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, made a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28For the law appoints as high priests men who have weaknesses; but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who is perfected forever.

  • 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 the Son of God; remains a priest continually.

  • Heb 7:20-21
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    20And inasmuch as he was not made priest without an oath:

    21For those priests were made without an oath; but this one with an oath by him that said to him, The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek:

  • Heb 3:1-2
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    1Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus;

    2Who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.

  • Heb 4:14
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    14Seeing then that we have a great high priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

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

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

    13For he of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, of which no man attended the altar.

  • Heb 7:15-17
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    15And it is yet far more evident: for in the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

    16Who is made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.

    17For he testifies, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 10:11
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    11And every priest stands daily ministering and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

  • 1 Pet 2:5
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    5You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, 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 witness in the wilderness, as He had appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen,

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

  • 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 you shall raise up the tabernacle according to its pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.

  • Heb 5:10
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    10Called by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:6
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    6As He also says in another place, 'You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.'

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

  • Num 1:50
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    50But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all things that belong to it: they shall carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle.

  • Exod 31:7
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    7The tabernacle of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is on it, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,