“Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.”
And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tent and all the vessels used in worship — even the physical structures and instruments of the sanctuary required blood for consecration (Exodus 29:36-37). Everything in the priestly system bore the mark of blood because everything served the purpose of atonement.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 9:21
“Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood, and without shedding of blood is no remission.” Why the “almost”? Why did he qualify it? Because those [ordinances] were not a perfect purification, nor a perfect remission, but half-complete and in a very small degree. But in this case He says, “This is the blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you, for the remission of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!