It 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.
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Gill's Exposition
It was therefore necessary,.... On account of the divine appointment, and that types and antitypes might correspond; and especially it was necessary with respect to the Messiah, the substance and body…
Barnes' Notes
The patterns of things in the heavens - The tabernacle and its various utensils; see the notes on Heb 8:5. Be purified with these - With water and blood, and by these ceremonies. But the heavenly…
Adam Clarke
The patterns of things in the heavens - That is: The tabernacle and all its utensils, services, etc., must be purified by these, viz.: The blood of calves and goats, and the sprinkling of the blood…
In this last part of the chapter, the apostle goes on to tell us what the Holy Ghost has signified to us by the legal purifications of the patterns of the things in heaven, inferring thence the…
Cambridge Bible
patterns Rather, "copies," or outlines Abbilden(not Urbilden), Heb 4:11; Heb 8:5.
the heavenly things themselves Not "the New Covenant," or "the Church," or "ourselves as heirs of heaven," but…
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