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NASB | Hebrews 9:2 For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 9:2 A tabernacle (sacred tent) was put up, the outer one or first section, in which were the lampstand and the table with [its loaves of] the sacred showbread; this is called the Holy Place. [Lev 24:5, 6] |
Bible Question: Old testament states altar of insence is outside of Holy of Holies. Heb.9:1-5 says it is inside the Most Holy Place. Can you explain? |
Bible Answer: Welcome Roberta, M. C. Tenney addressed this in The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible - The position of this altar in the Tabernacle seems to have been within the inner sanctuary just before the Ark of the covenant, Exod 40:5; Lev 16:11-14, on which the high priest sprinkled the blood of atonement once a year, Exodus 30:10. The golden altar of Solomon's temple was placed in the inner sancturay, 1 Kings 6:20,22, but in the third Temple it seems to have been outside the veil within the Holy Place, Luke 1:10. Revelation speaks of an altar of incense that stood before the throne of God, Rev 8:3. The reference to the golden altar in Hebrews 9:3 agrees that it was within the inner sanctuary. The apparent conflict between Exodus 30:6 and 40:26 and the other passages which locate it beyond the veil has been given different solutions. Snaith, Leviticus and Numbers, p.43, suggests that the original text was modified to suit the arrangement of the second and third Temples, and that there was no altar of incense in the Tablernacle. He follows Wellhausen's argument that two separate sources are responsible for the difference. In the light of the fact that small incense altars were used by the Canaanites from the earliest times in Pal., it is hardly possible that such were unknown, or that an altar of incense could not have been part of the furniture of the Tabernacle. The apparent discrepancy in the location of the golden altar may arise from differing usages between the Tabernacle and the Temple, or from the fact that it stood so close to the Ark that it was classed with the Holy of Holies because it represented an intercessory ministry in the presence of God. One Jewish source suggests that Exodus 25:1 through 27:19 is the blueprint for the construction of the Tabernacle, while Exodus 40:1-33 describes the actual assembling of the building and consequently a modification of position. - M.C. Tenney Hope this helps, Val |
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