Hebrews 9:3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

English Standard Version
Behind the second curtain was a second section called the Most Holy Place,

New American Standard Bible
Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,

King James Bible
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Behind the second curtain, the tabernacle was called the most holy place.

International Standard Version
Behind the second curtain was the part of the tent called the Most Holy Place,

American Standard Version
And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And after the second veil, the tabernacle, which is called the holy of holies:

Darby Bible Translation
but after the second veil a tabernacle which is called Holy of holies,

Young's Literal Translation
and after the second vail a tabernacle that is called 'Holy of holies,'

Cross References

Exodus 26:31
And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubim shall it be made:

Exodus 26:33
And you shall hang up the veil under the clasps, that you may bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall divide to you between the holy place and the most holy.

Exodus 40:3
And you shall put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil.

Numbers 4:5
And when the camp sets forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

1 Kings 6:16
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.

Ezekiel 41:4
So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.

Matthew 27:51
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

Hebrews 6:19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil;

Hebrews 9:7
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

Hebrews 10:20
By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

9:1-5 The apostle shows to the Hebrews the typical reference of their ceremonies to Christ. The tabernacle was a movable temple, shadowing forth the unsettled state of the church upon earth, and the human nature of the Lord Jesus Christ, in whom the fulness of the Godhead dwelt bodily. The typical meaning of these things has been shown in former remarks, and the ordinances and articles of the Mosaic covenant point out Christ as our Light, and as the Bread of life to our souls; and remind us of his Divine Person, his holy priesthood, perfect righteousness, and all-prevailing intercession. Thus was the Lord Jesus Christ, all and in all, from the beginning. And as interpreted by the gospel, these things are a glorious representation of the wisdom of God, and confirm faith in Him who was prefigured by them.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. And—Greek, "But."

after—behind; within.

second veil—There were two veils or curtains, one before the Holy of Holies (catapetasma), here alluded to, the other before the tabernacle door (calumma).

called—as opposed to "the true."