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Hebrews 9:5 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 9 · verse 5
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.Hebrews 9:5 · King James Version
Hebrews 9:5 in context
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 overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
6Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
7But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
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Key words (Strong's)
- particularlykatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- cherubimscheroubcherubim, two golden figures of living creatures with two wings they were fastened to the…G5502 →
- shadowingkataskiazōto overshadow, cover with shadeG2683 →
- mercyseathilastērionrelating to an appeasing or expiating, having placating or expiating force, expiatory a…G2435 →
- cannotouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
- cannotesti"he/she/it is"G2076 →
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Here, I. The apostle gives an account of the tabernacle, that place of worship which God appointed to be pitched on earth; it is called a worldly sanctuary, wholly of this world, as to the materials of which it was built, and a building that must be taken down;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7