Hebrews 8:5

The Passion Translation

The priests on earth serve in a temple that is but a copy modeled after the heavenly sanctuary; a shadow of the reality. For when Moses began to construct the tabernacle God warned him and said, “You must precisely follow the pattern I revealed to you on Mount Sinai.”

Cross References

Matthew 2:12

Afterward they returned to their own country by another route because God had warned them in a dream not to go back to Herod.

Acts 7:44

“God gave Moses the revelation of the pattern of the tabernacle of the testimony. By God’s command, he made it exactly according to the specifications given to him for our ancestors in the wilderness.

Colossians 2:17

All of these were but a prophetic shadow and the evidence of what would be fulfilled, for the body is now Christ!

Hebrews 10:1

The old system of living under the law presented us with only a faint shadow, a crude outline of the reality of the wonderful blessings to come. Even with its steady stream of sacrifices offered year after year, there still was nothing that could make our hearts perfect before God.

Hebrews 11:7

Faith opened Noah’s heart to receive revelation and warnings from God about what was coming, even things that had never been seen. But he stepped out in reverent obedience to God and built an ark that would save him and his family. By his faith the world was condemned, but Noah received God’s gift of righteousness that comes by believing.

Hebrews 12:25

Make very sure that you never refuse to listen to God when he speaks! For the God who spoke on earth from Sinai is the same God who now speaks from heaven. Those who heard him speak his living Word on earth found nowhere to hide, so what chance is there for us to escape if we turn our backs on God and refuse to hear his warnings as he speaks from heaven?

Hebrews 13:10

We feast on a sacrifice at our spiritual altar, but those who serve as priests in the old system of worship have no right to eat of it.

Hebrews 9:9

it was an illustration that pointed to our present time of fulfillment, demonstrating that offerings and animal sacrifices had failed to perfectly cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

Joshua 22:28

We have decided among us that if that day should ever come, our descendants would reply: ‘See the replica of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made here at the border between us—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness that we both serve the same God.’

Revelation 15:5

After these things I looked, and behold, the inner sanctuary of the heavenly “tabernacle of testimony” was opened before my eyes.