Verse 5
5. And, curiously enough, this whole order of priests and tabernacle are but a copy on earth of this true priest, who is no priest on earth, but really sole, real, original priest, whether on earth or in the heavens.
Unto For. The earthly and the heavenly tabernacle correspond to each other. Moses was shown the pattern… in the mount. Exodus 25:9; Exodus 25:40; Acts 7:44. Not that the eye of Moses was so enlarged in its scope of vision as to see the vast, original heavens. But such a pattern was exhibited as enabled the mind of Moses to construct a material frame to symbolize its nature.
That the sanctuary below was but a small model of the glorious sanctuary in the heavens is the doctrine of this and the following chapters, as of other scriptures. So even the earthly Jerusalem was type of a heavenly Jerusalem above. See note on Galatians 4:26. While below are the earthly sanctuary, ritual, and priesthood, above are the true tabernacle, the heavenly things, and the high priest on the right hand of God. See our note on Hebrews 9:1.
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