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Hebrews 9:21 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 9 · verse 21
Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.Hebrews 9:21 · King James Version
Hebrews 9:21 in context
19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
20Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
23It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tabernacleskēnētent, tabernacle, , of that well known movable temple of God after the pattern of which…G4633 →
- sprinkledrhantizōto sprinkle, to cleanse by sprinkling, hence to purify, cleanseG4472 →
- Moreoverdebut, moreover, and, etcG1161 →
- Moreoverhomoiōslikewise, equally, in the same wayG3668 →
- vesselsskeuosa vessel, an implement, in the plural, household utensils, domestic gear, the tackle and…G4632 →
- bloodhaimablood, of man or animals, refers to the seat of life, of those things that resemble…G129 →
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In these verses the apostle considers the gospel under the notion of a will or testament, the new or last will and testament of Christ, and shows the necessity and efficacy of the blood of Christ to make this testament valid and effectual. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-22