near the ark, as appendages to it ; in the same way that the book of the law and the deposits of the Philistines [the five golden emerods and mice] were put on the side of the ark : Deut. xxxi. 26 ; 1 Sam. vi. 8. Therefore sv in this passage is used with some latitude, as Luke ix. 31, etc. — rb pawa, the manna) A memorial of God's providential care of Israel. — v\ pd[3do$, the rod) A me morial of a lawful priesthood, Num. xvii. 16, etc., in the Hebr. — a/ vXdxeg rqg dia,6qxri$, the tables of the covenant) Deut. ix. 9. These are put in the last place by gradation.
5. X«foy/§/>, the Cherubim) Ex. xxv. 20, xxxvii. 9. — 5og»js, of glory) They were formed of the most precious materials, and represented the Glory of GOD riding upon the Cherubim ; Ezek. x. 4. — xaTaffxidfyvra) LXX., ffuffxid?ovrs<;, in the passages quoted above. — Ktpi &v, concerning which) The pronoun relates to the whole enumeration, from ver. 2. — O-JK sen v\Jv Xsynv, we cannot now speak) The apostle had determined to treat, not so much of the sanctuary and its furniture, as of the sacrifices ; and he does not say, we cannot afterwards, but we cannot now, implying, that each of these things also might be profitably dis cussed.
6. Eiffiaffiv) enter, in the present. So ver. 7, 13, 22, 25, ch. x. 1.
7. "Acrag ro\J Iv/ay-roD) So LXX., Lev. xvi. 34, once every year ; on one day of the year, and on that same day but once. See A. A. Hochstetteri Ex. de Ingressu Summi Pontificis in Sanctum Sanctorum, pp. 19—24. — vnsp savrou) for himself. The Vulgate has pro sua, for his own, viz. error of ignorance ; I do not think, however, that \JK\? TOJV savrou was in the Greek copy from which it was translated. Although the priest was exempt from the errors or ignorance of the people, yet he was not without sin, and therefore stood in need of sacrifices, ch. vii. 27. — K/I/OTJ- (Adrw, ignorance, errors) This term has a very extensive meaning, as, on the contrary, svtyvufft$, knowledge. See Num. xv. 22—31.
8. Ar,l.oijvro$, signifying) as it were a thing which would have otherwise remained concealed from us ; so dyXo?, showeth or sig- nifieth, ch. xii. 27. — <nrspavepu<s6ai, was made manifest) The same word occurs, ver. 26. — ruv a//wv; the holy place or sanctuary) [viz. the heavenly sanctuary']. The plural in the Greek cor responds to the singular in the Hebrew. As the holy place was