Hebrews Chapter 9 verse 6 Holy Bible

ASV Hebrews 9:6

Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;
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BBE Hebrews 9:6

Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.
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DARBY Hebrews 9:6

Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle the priests enter at all times, accomplishing the services;
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KJV Hebrews 9:6

Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
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WEB Hebrews 9:6

Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,
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YLT Hebrews 9:6

And these things having been thus prepared, into the first tabernacle, indeed, at all times the priests do go in, performing the services,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - Now these things being thus ordained (A.V.; rather, arranged or constituted; it is the same word (κατασκευάζω) as was used in ver. 2, "there was a tabernacle made;" also in Hebrews 3:3, 4, of God's "house;" on which see supra), the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services. (Observe that here, where the ministrations are described, present tenses are used; perhaps because these ministrations were still going on when the Epistle was written.) The continual services in the "first tabernacle" were (1) lighting the lamps every evening, and trimming them every morning (Exodus 27:21; Exodus 30:8; Leviticus 24:3); (2) renewing the twelve loaves of shewbread every sabbath (Leviticus 24:5, etc.); (3) burning incense on the golden altar twice daily, when the lamps were trimmed and lighted (Exodus 30:7, 8), at the time of the morning and evening sacrifice, the people meanwhile praying outside (Luke 1:10).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Now when these thing were thus ordained . . .--Better, And when these things have been thus prepared, into the first tabernacle the priests enter continually, accomplishing the services. As has been already observed (Hebrews 9:2), the present tense is used throughout these verses (Hebrews 9:6-10), not because the writer refers to the services as still continuing, but because he is still tracing the ordinance of Scripture. It is of the Tabernacle alone that he speaks. The words of Hebrews 9:4 would have been entirely incorrect in regard to the temple of his day, in which the Most Holy Place was empty.The service.--Comp. Exodus 30:7-8; Leviticus 24:1-8. . . .