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Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

Who {G3748} serve {G3000} unto the example {G5262} and {G2532} shadow {G4639} of heavenly things {G2032}, as {G2531} Moses {G3475} was admonished of God {G5537} when he was about {G3195} to make {G2005} the tabernacle {G4633}: for {G1063}, See {G3708}, saith he {G5346}, that thou make {G4160} all things {G3956} according to {G2596} the pattern {G5179} shewed {G1166} to thee {G4671} in {G1722} the mount {G3735}.

But what they are serving is only a copy and shadow of the heavenly original; for when Moshe was about to erect the Tent, God warned him, “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.”

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

who servethat which isa copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warnedof Godwhen he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 25:40 (17 votes)

    And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

  • Colossians 2:17 (16 votes)

    Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of Christ.

  • Hebrews 10:1 (14 votes)

    ¶ For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

  • Exodus 26:30 (8 votes)

    And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:19 (7 votes)

    All [this, said David], the LORD made me understand in writing by [his] hand upon me, [even] all the works of this pattern.

  • Exodus 27:8 (7 votes)

    Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make [it].

  • 1 Chronicles 28:12 (6 votes)

    And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: