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The Earthly Tabernacle

Hebrews 9:3

In 9 translations

BSB
Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,Or the Holy of Holies
KJV
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
WEB
After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,
ASV
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies;
LSV
and after the second veil a dwelling place that is called “Holy of Holies,”
YLT
and after the second vail a tabernacle that is called 'Holy of holies,'
DBY
but after the second veil a tabernacle which is called Holy of holies,
DRC
And after the second veil, the tabernacle, which is called the holy of holies:
GNV
And after the seconde vaile was the Tabernacle, which is called the Holiest of all,

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles include τὰ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording (2 places).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: Ἅγια Ἁγίων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read Ἅγια Ἁγίων; Tregelles read τὰ ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
μετὰ δὲ τὸ δεύτερον καταπέτασμα σκηνὴ ἡ λεγομένη Ἅγια Ἁγίων,
RP2018
Μετὰ δὲ τὸ δεύτερον καταπέτασμα σκηνὴ ἡ λεγομένη ἅγια ἁγίων,
TR-Boyd
Μετὰ δὲ τὸ δεύτερον καταπέτασμα σκηνὴ ἡ λεγομένη ἅγια ἁγίων,
SCR1894
μετα δε το δευτερον καταπετασμα σκηνη η λεγομενη αγια αγιων

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 26:31–33Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.…
  • Exodus 40:3Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
  • Exodus 40:21Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
  • Matthew 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
  • Hebrews 9:8By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
  • 1 Kings 8:6Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
  • Hebrews 6:19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,
  • Isaiah 25:7On this mountain He will swallow up the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
  • 2 Chronicles 3:14He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
  • Hebrews 10:19–20Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
  • Exodus 36:35–38Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold…

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