Ebrei 9:21

21 Parimente ancora con quel sangue spruzzò il tabernacolo, e tutti gli arredi del servigio divino.

Ebrei 9:21 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 9:21

Moreover, he sprinkled likewise both the tabernacle
Not at the same time that he sprinkled the book and the people, for then there was no tabernacle; but afterwards, at the time that it was set up, when it was anointed with oil, ( Exodus 40:9 ) and though no mention is there made of blood, yet Josephus, in agreement with the apostle, asserts ^F9, that the tabernacle, and its vessels, were not only anointed with oil, but sprinkled with the blood of bulls and goats, as well as the garments of Aaron, and his sons: the tabernacle was typical of the church, in which God dwells, being purified and cleansed by the blood of Christ; and this shows, that there is no coming into the presence of God, the place where he dwells, without blood.

And all the vessels of the ministry;
which were used in the service of the tabernacle these may denote the vessels of grace and mercy, the elect of God, whose hearts are sprinkled by the blood of Christ from an evil conscience, and whose garments are washed in it, and made white by it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 Antiq. l. 3. c. 8. sect. 6.

Ebrei 9:21 In-Context

19 Perciocchè, dopo che tutti i comandamenti, secondo la legge, furono da Mosè stati pronunziati a tutto il popolo; egli, preso il sangue de’ vitelli e de’ becchi, con acqua, e lana tinta in iscarlatto, ed isopo, ne spruzzò il libro stesso, e tutto il popolo;

20 dicendo: Questo è il sangue del patto, che Iddio ha ordinato esservi presentato.

21 Parimente ancora con quel sangue spruzzò il tabernacolo, e tutti gli arredi del servigio divino.

22 E presso che ogni cosa si purifica con sangue, secondo la legge; e senza spargimento di sangue non si fa remissione.

23 Egli era adunque necessario, poichè le cose rappresentanti quelle che son ne’ cieli sono purificate con queste cose; che anche le celesti stesse lo fossero con sacrificii più eccellenti di quelli.