Hebrews 8:2

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a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.

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  • Exod 28:1 : 1 The Clothing of the Priests“And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests– Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.
  • Exod 28:35 : 35 The robe is to be on Aaron as he ministers, and his sound will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the LORD and when he leaves, so that he does not die.
  • Exod 33:7 : 7 The Presence of the Lord Moses took the tent and pitched it outside the camp, at a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. Anyone seeking the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
  • Rom 15:8 : 8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers,
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.
  • Col 2:11 : 11 In him you also were circumcised– not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ.
  • Heb 9:8-9 : 8 The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle was standing. 9 This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They served only for matters of food and drink and various ritual washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came. 11 Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, 12 and he entered once for all into the most holy place not by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood, and so he himself secured eternal redemption.
  • Heb 9:23-24 : 23 So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands– the representation of the true sanctuary– but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.
  • Heb 10:21 : 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
  • Heb 11:10 : 10 For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

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  • Heb 8:1
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    1The High Priest of a Better Covenant Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

  • Heb 9:11
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    11Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

  • Heb 8:3-7
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    3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.

    4Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

    5The place where they serve is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God as he was about to complete the tabernacle. For he says,“See that you make everything according to the design shown to you on the mountain.”

    6But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

    7For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one.

  • Heb 9:1-9
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    1The Arrangement and Ritual of the Earthly Sanctuary Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.

    2For 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.

    3And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies.

    4It contained the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered entirely with gold. In this ark were the golden urn containing the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

    5And above the ark were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

    6So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent as they perform their duties.

    7But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

    8The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle was standing.

    9This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.

  • Heb 5:1
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    1For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

  • Heb 10:20-21
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    20by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

    21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

  • Heb 7:26
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    26For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

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

    11For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp.

  • Heb 9:23-25
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    23So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these.

    24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands– the representation of the true sanctuary– but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.

    25And he did not enter to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

  • Heb 6:20
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    20where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.

  • Heb 7:3
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    3Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

  • Heb 7:20-21
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    20And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation– for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

    21but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him,“The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,‘You are a priest forever’”–

  • Heb 3:1-2
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    1Jesus and Moses Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

    2who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s house.

  • Heb 4:14
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    14Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

  • Heb 7:11-13
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    11Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood– for on that basis the people received the law– what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?

    12For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.

    13Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.

  • Heb 7:15-17
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    15And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

    16who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

    17For here is the testimony about him:“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  • Heb 10:11
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    11And every priest stands day after day serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again– sacrifices that can never take away sins.

  • 1 Pet 2:5
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    5you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  • Acts 7:44
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    44Our ancestors had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as God who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it according to the design he had seen.

  • Heb 9:21
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    21And both the tabernacle and all the utensils of worship he likewise sprinkled with blood.

  • Exod 25:8
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    8Let them make for me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them.

  • Exod 26:30
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    30You are to set up the tabernacle according to the plan that you were shown on the mountain.

  • Heb 5:10
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    10and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:6
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    6as also in another place God says,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  • 2 Cor 5:1
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    1Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

  • Num 1:50
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    50But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over everything in it. They must carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they must attend to it and camp around it.

  • Exod 31:7
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    7the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid that is on it, all the furnishings of the tent,