Hebrews 9:8-10

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

God Was Making Clear That The Way Into The Holies Was Not Yet Revealed

⁸... the Holy Spirit making this clear: that the way of ^[a] the Holies has not yet been made-known while the first tabernacle^[b] was^[c] still having^[d] a standing, ⁹which^[e] is^[f] a symbol for the present^[g] time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are offered not being able to perfect the one worshiping in relation to the conscience, ¹⁰being^[h] only (in-addition-to foods and drinks and different cleansings^[i]) regulations of ^[j] flesh being imposed until the time of reformation.

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Hebrews 9:8 That is, leading into.
Hebrews 9:8 That is, the outer room of the tabernacle, as in v 2 and 6; or, the tabernacle as a whole, the sanctuary of the first covenant.
Hebrews 9:8 Or, is.
Hebrews 9:8 That is, was having an appointed place in the divine order, a standing with God (this ended when Christ died and the curtain was torn); or, is physically standing (this ended in a.d. 70).
Hebrews 9:9 This refers back to ‘first tabernacle’.
Hebrews 9:9 Or, was.
Hebrews 9:9 That is, which is a symbol for the now present NT times, pointing to the better reality Christ brought; or, which was a symbol for the then present OT times, pointing to the fact that the Levitical system could not gain the people free access to God.
Hebrews 9:10 being only... regulations. That is, the gifts and sacrifices offered by the priests, like laws about food, drink, and cleansings, were only temporary outward regulations. Compare v 13-14. The sacrifices outwardly cleansed the flesh, but could not inwardly cleanse the heart.
Hebrews 9:10 Or, washings, baptisms.
Hebrews 9:10 That is, for the flesh.

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