1. *H irp&rri, the first) Supply d/a^x??, testament or covenant ; not ffxrivfi, tabernacle. For the tabernacle itself was the worldly sanctuary, which we shall presently see. By a very elegant ellipsis, the word d/a^joj is left out, because it is rather appro priate to the New Testament; whence also, ver. 15, it is called dia$7)xr,g xaivyg, the substantive being put before the adjective. \_We have here an admirable description of Christ's entrance into the true sanctuary, as far as to ch. x. 18. — V. g.]— 3/xa/c^ara, regular duties, or ordinances) those by which the duties of the sacred office were fulfilled [ver. 6]. The same word occurs, ver.
10. — Xarpefag, of worship) external. — ay/ov XO^IKOV, the worldly (mundiale) sanctuary) An Oxymoron. That sanctuary was worldly (which word [mundiale] of Sidonius is well fitted to express the idea * material '), or mundane \_mundanum] (as Paul speaks of the elements of the world, Gal. iv. 3), and carnal, ch. vii. 16. It consisted of precious materials, but still it was ma terial. This verse may be thus divided : first, the duties are set before us (as the Proposition), then the sanctuary ; there follows the discussion, first, concerning the sanctuary, ver. 2-5, next concerning the duties, ver. 6, etc. (Paul has a very similar Chiasmus, 1 Cor. ix. 1, note) : the antithesis to both is in ver.
11, 12.
2. 'H KpuTri, the first) the anterior tabernacle. — r\ n Xu^v/a xa/ jj rpdve^a, the candlestick and the table) A type of light and life.
— j? KpoQefts ruv apruv, the setting forth of bread) A Metonymy of the abstract for the concrete, i.e. the loaves which were set forth.
— ay/a) The accent is on the first syllable ; * and the feminine yrig, is no objection to this construction, for we have a similar phrase presently, ^ Xgyo,ttsi/»j ay/a dy/wi/. Ta ay/a often in this epistle signifies the holy of holies ; but here ay /a without the article de-
1 That is, in other words, the last syllable is short, and it is therefore the neuter plural : not long, which would make it feminine singular. — ED. VOL TV. I) D