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Hebrews 9:7 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 9 · verse 7
But 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:Hebrews 9:7 · King James Version
Hebrews 9:7 in context
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:
8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
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Key words (Strong's)
- withoutchōrisseparate, apart, without any, besidesG5565 →
- offeredprospherōto bring to, lead to, one to a person who can heal him or is ready to show him some…G4374 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- seconddeuterosthe second, the other of twoG1208 →
- priestarchiereuschief priest, high priest, the high priests, these comprise in addition to one holding…G749 →
- errorsagnoēmaa sin committed through ignorance or thoughtlessnessG51 →
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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