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Job was a very caring father. He got up early in the morning to offer burnt offerings, in case they had sinned against God. I’m not sure if God would have accepted an offering for anyone else, but this was almost certainly before the law of Moses, and many things were different then.
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to David
This imagery of the angels (= sons of God cp Job 38:7) assembled around the throne of God & discussing human activities, is seen also in 1Kin 22:19-22 , where an angel (spirit cp Psa 104:4 )is also given the authority to intervene.
Wendy Johnsen [Nanaimo, BC, Canada] Comment added in 2006 Reply to Wendy
2:3 The question may be asked, why would God allow Satan to incite him against Job? Certainly God knew the heart of Job, he did not need this extra proof of trial to find out, because God already knows the hearts of men. This was for the instruction of Satan. To show the adversary what a true righteous man was even in his affliction. Christ was the true righteous man who showed us (who were adversaries) his righteousness through the things that he suffered.
Alex Browning [Kitchener-Waterloo] Comment added in 2015 Reply to Alex
The whole book of Job is written in poetry. It records what actually took place and what was actually said. Whilst some might say the book is some sort of allegory there is no reason why it should not be read as a straight forward historical record which teaches us lessons.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2018 Reply to Peter
1:11 But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to his face.
I hope I never harbour rivalry, envy and ill will to my brothers and sisters such that I utter (or secretly think) this sort of prayer to God. I would hate to think that my malevolent mind would be the cause of suffering for my brothers and sisters.
Rather "love one another out of a pure heart fervently" 1 Peter 1:22
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2023 Reply to Bruce
2:10 In all this, Job did not sin with his lips. (Unlike Job's wife who sinned with her lips: "Curse God and die")
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2023 Reply to Bruce
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1. There was a man <376> in the land <776> of Uz <5780>, whose name <8034> was Job <347>; and that man <376> was perfect <8535> and upright <3477>, and one that feared <3373> God <430>, and eschewed <5493>(8802) evil <7451>.
2. And there were born <3205>(8735) unto him seven <7651> sons <1121> and three <7969> daughters <1323>.
3. His substance <4735> also was seven <7651> thousand <505> sheep <6629>, and three <7969> thousand <505> camels <1581>, and five <2568> hundred <3967> yoke <6776> of oxen <1241>, and five <2568> hundred <3967> she asses <860>, and a very <3966> great <7227> household <5657>; so that this man <376> was the greatest <1419> of all the men <1121> of the east <6924>.
4. And his sons <1121> went <1980>(8804) and feasted <4960> <6213>(8804) in their houses <1004>, every one <376> his day <3117>; and sent <7971>(8804) and called <7121>(8804) for their three <7969> sisters <269> to eat <398>(8800) and to drink <8354>(8800) with them.
5. And it was so, when the days <3117> of their feasting <4960> were gone about <5362>(8689), that Job <347> sent <7971>(8799) and sanctified <6942>(8762) them, and rose up early <7925>(8689) in the morning <1242>, and offered <5927>(8689) burnt offerings <5930> according to the number <4557> of them all: for Job <347> said <559>(8804), It may be <194> that my sons <1121> have sinned <2398>(8804), and cursed <1288>(8765) God <430> in their hearts <3824>. Thus did <6213>(8799) Job <347> continually <3117>.
6. Now there was a day <3117> when the sons <1121> of God <430> came <935>(8799) to present <3320>(8692) themselves before the LORD <3068>, and Satan <7854> came <935>(8799) also among <8432> them.
7. And the LORD <3068> said <559>(8799) unto Satan <7854>, Whence <370> comest <935>(8799) thou? Then Satan <7854> answered <6030>(8799) the LORD <3068>, and said <559>(8799), From going to and fro <7751>(8800) in the earth <776>, and from walking up and down <1980>(8692) in it.
8. And the LORD <3068> said <559>(8799) unto Satan <7854>, Hast thou considered <7760>(8804) <3820> my servant <5650> Job <347>, that there is none like him in the earth <776>, a perfect <8535> and an upright <3477> man <376>, one that feareth <3373> God <430>, and escheweth <5493>(8802) evil <7451>?
9. Then Satan <7854> answered <6030>(8799) the LORD <3068>, and said <559>(8799), Doth Job <347> fear <3372>(8804) God <430> for nought <2600>?
10. Hast not thou made an hedge <7753>(8804) about him, and about <1157> his house <1004>, and about all that he hath on every side <5439>? thou hast blessed <1288>(8765) the work <4639> of his hands <3027>, and his substance <4735> is increased <6555>(8804) in the land <776>.
11. But <199> put forth <7971>(8798) thine hand <3027> now, and touch <5060>(8798) all that he hath, and he will curse <1288>(8762) <3808> thee to thy face <6440>.
12. And the LORD <3068> said <559>(8799) unto Satan <7854>, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power <3027>; only upon himself put not forth <7971>(8799) thine hand <3027>. So Satan <7854> went forth <3318>(8799) from the presence <6440> of the LORD <3068>.
13. And there was a day <3117> when his sons <1121> and his daughters <1323> were eating <398>(8802) and drinking <8354>(8802) wine <3196> in their eldest <1060> brother's <251> house <1004>:
14. And there came <935>(8804) a messenger <4397> unto Job <347>, and said <559>(8799), The oxen <1241> were plowing <2790>(8802), and the asses <860> feeding <7462>(8802) beside <3027> them:
15. And the Sabeans <7614> fell <5307>(8799) upon them, and took them away <3947>(8799); yea, they have slain <5221>(8689) the servants <5288> with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>; and I only am escaped <4422>(8735) alone to tell <5046>(8687) thee.
16. While he was yet speaking <1696>(8764), there came <935>(8802) also another, and said <559>(8799), The fire <784> of God <430> is fallen <5307>(8804) from heaven <8064>, and hath burned up <1197>(8799) the sheep <6629>, and the servants <5288>, and consumed <398>(8799) them; and I only am escaped <4422>(8735) alone to tell <5046>(8687) thee.
17. While he was yet speaking <1696>(8764), there came <935>(8802) also another, and said <559>(8799), The Chaldeans <3778> made out <7760>(8804) three <7969> bands <7218>, and fell <6584>(8799) upon the camels <1581>, and have carried them away <3947>(8799), yea, and slain <5221>(8689) the servants <5288> with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>; and I only am escaped <4422>(8735) alone to tell <5046>(8687) thee.
18. While he was yet speaking <1696>(8764), there came <935>(8802) also another, and said <559>(8799), Thy sons <1121> and thy daughters <1323> were eating <398>(8802) and drinking <8354>(8802) wine <3196> in their eldest <1060> brother's <251> house <1004>:
19. And, behold, there came <935>(8804) a great <1419> wind <7307> from <5676> the wilderness <4057>, and smote <5060>(8799) the four <702> corners <6438> of the house <1004>, and it fell <5307>(8799) upon the young men <5288>, and they are dead <4191>(8799); and I only am escaped <4422>(8735) alone to tell <5046>(8687) thee.
20. Then Job <347> arose <6965>(8799), and rent <7167>(8799) his mantle <4598>, and shaved <1494>(8799) his head <7218>, and fell down <5307>(8799) upon the ground <776>, and worshipped <7812>(8691),
21. And said <559>(8799), Naked <6174> came I out <3318>(8804) of my mother's <517> womb <990>, and naked <6174> shall I return <7725>(8799) thither: the LORD <3068> gave <5414>(8804), and the LORD <3068> hath taken away <3947>(8804); blessed <1288>(8794) be the name <8034> of the LORD <3068>.
22. In all this Job <347> sinned <2398>(8804) not, nor charged <5414>(8804) God <430> foolishly <8604>.
1. Again there was a day <3117> when the sons <1121> of God <430> came <935>(8799) to present <3320>(8692) themselves before the LORD <3068>, and Satan <7854> came <935>(8799) also among <8432> them to present <3320>(8692) himself before the LORD <3068>.
2. And the LORD <3068> said <559>(8799) unto Satan <7854>, From whence <335> comest <935>(8799) thou? And Satan <7854> answered <6030>(8799) the LORD <3068>, and said <559>(8799), From going to and fro <7751>(8800) in the earth <776>, and from walking up and down <1980>(8692) in it.
3. And the LORD <3068> said <559>(8799) unto Satan <7854>, Hast thou <7760>(8804) considered <3820> my servant <5650> Job <347>, that there is none like him in the earth <776>, a perfect <8535> and an upright <3477> man <376>, one that feareth <3373> God <430>, and escheweth <5493>(8802) evil <7451>? and still he holdeth fast <2388>(8688) his integrity <8538>, although thou movedst <5496>(8686) me against him, to destroy <1104>(8763) him without cause <2600>.
4. And Satan <7854> answered <6030>(8799) the LORD <3068>, and said <559>(8799), Skin <5785> for skin <5785>, yea, all that a man <376> hath will he give <5414>(8799) for his life <5315>.
5. But <199> put forth <7971>(8798) thine hand <3027> now, and touch <5060>(8798) his bone <6106> and his flesh <1320>, and he will curse <1288>(8762) thee to thy face <6440>.
6. And the LORD <3068> said <559>(8799) unto Satan <7854>, Behold, he is in thine hand <3027>; but save <8104>(8798) his life <5315>.
7. So went <3318> <0> Satan <7854> forth <3318>(8799) from the presence <6440> of the LORD <3068>, and smote <5221>(8686) Job <347> with sore <7451> boils <7822> from the sole <3709> of his foot <7272> unto his crown <6936>.
8. And he took <3947>(8799) him a potsherd <2789> to scrape <1623>(8692) himself withal; and he sat down <3427>(8802) among <8432> the ashes <665>.
9. Then said <559>(8799) his wife <802> unto him, Dost thou still retain <2388>(8688) thine integrity <8538>? curse <1288>(8761) God <430>, and die <4191>(8798).
10. But he said <559>(8799) unto her, Thou speakest <1696>(8762) as one <259> of the foolish women <5036> speaketh <1696>(8763). What <1571>? shall we receive <6901>(8762) good <2896> at the hand of God <430>, and shall we not receive <6901>(8762) evil <7451>? In all this did not Job <347> sin <2398>(8804) with his lips <8193>.
11. Now when Job's <347> three <7969> friends <7453> heard <8085>(8799) of all this evil <7451> that was come <935>(8802) upon him, they came <935>(8799) every one <376> from his own place <4725>; Eliphaz <464> the Temanite <8489>, and Bildad <1085> the Shuhite <7747>, and Zophar <6691> the Naamathite <5284>: for they had made an appointment <3259>(8735) together <3162> to come <935>(8800) to mourn <5110>(8800) with him and to comfort <5162>(8763) him.
12. And when they lifted up <5375>(8799) their eyes <5869> afar off <7350>, and knew <5234>(8689) him not, they lifted up <5375>(8799) their voice <6963>, and wept <1058>(8799); and they rent <7167>(8799) every one <376> his mantle <4598>, and sprinkled <2236>(8799) dust <6083> upon their heads <7218> toward heaven <8064>.
13. So they sat down <3427>(8799) with him upon the ground <776> seven <7651> days <3117> and seven <7651> nights <3915>, and none spake <1696>(8802) a word <1697> unto him: for they saw <7200>(8804) that his grief <3511> was very <3966> great <1431>(8804).
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Apparently the people of Nineveh were worshipping, amongst others, a fish god, who was half man half fish and white in appearance. Perhaps this is why they initially accepted Jonah as his skin, we are told, would be bleached white by the stomach juices of the whale, and he would have a strong smell of fish, we might assume. Did God do all this so that the people of Nineveh would listen to Jonah in the end, as well as His other reasons?
Peter [UK] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Peter
3:5 The preaching of Jonah caused gentiles to accept the message. Jesus gave the sign of Jonah - (Matthew 12:39 Matthew 16:4). Jesus' message was accepted by the gentiles though, like Jonah, the Jews of Jesus day did not want the message to go to the gentiles.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Peter
ASKED AGAIN
As parents, one of the things we try to teach our children is to respect authority and to do what they are told. Try as we might, there are still regular times when a child has to be asked two, three, or even more times to do a task before they finally rouse themselves to do as they are told. As parents we find that their unresponsive attitude can be quite frustrating, yet we are also like children in God's sight.
Jonah, a grown man, was asked to go to Nineveh to proclaim God's message to the people there. He did the same as our children sometimes do: he hid. But like a parent God didn't forget or ask another of his children to do the job. Instead Jonah paid a consequence that got him thinking about his actions, and then God asked him a second time. This time, when God had asked twice, Jonah did as he was told.
We are probably no better than Jonah, and just like our children. How many times do we have to be told what God wants from us before we obey? Do we regularly proclaim God's message and love our neighbours as ourselves (even neighbours we don't like)? Do we totally trust God in every aspect of our lives? Or pray without ceasing? Let's not be like our children or even like Jonah, but be quick to obey and serve the LORD with all of our hearts.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to Robert
The scribes and Pharisees asked Jesus for a sign (Matt 12:38). The only indication He would give was that of Jonah (Matt 12:39-41). Here we see the equation between Jonah's stay in the belly of the fish and the Lord's stay in the tomb. Jonah was released from the darkness of the fish to see light once more. Likewise, Jesus was released from the blackness of the grave to see light again for ever.
Michael Parry [Montreal (Can)] Comment added in 2005 Reply to Michael
Jonah's prayer in the Psalms
The ordeal Jonah went through prepared Jesus for his own death. Just as Jonah was in the belly of the fish, hidden away as if he were in the grave, so Jesus would be dead for three days (see Matt 12:40). The idea of Jonah's ordeal as a foreshadowing of the death of Jesus is further carried on in Psalm 88. Notice how similar this is to Jonah's prayer in Jonah 2, and all the references to the grave and the water:
"my life draweth nigh unto the grave. I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves." Psa 88:3-7
The rest of the chapter is full of similarities with Jonah's prayer. How many can you find?
Rob de Jongh [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2014 Reply to Rob
3:3 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time
It could be, without being dogmatic, that there is a gap in time from 2:10 to 3:1 - maybe some weeks or months. During that time, news of a Jewish prophet being swallowed by a fish and miraculously surviving would have circulated far and wide - including Nineveh. The returned sailors' testimony would have added to this excitement. So when God commands Jonah to return to Nineveh from his Jewish home, Jonah would have been listened to as the man whom God protected in the stomach of the fish. His bleached complexion (from the stomach acids of the fish) may still have been obvious, thereby confirming his identification as the prophet of God.
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2023 Reply to Bruce
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1. Then Jonah <3124> prayed <6419>(8691) unto the LORD <3068> his God <430> out of the fish's <1710> belly <4578>,
2. And said <559>(8799), I cried <7121>(8804) by reason of mine affliction <6869> unto the LORD <3068>, and he heard <6030>(8799) me; out of the belly <990> of hell <7585> cried <7768>(8765) I, and thou heardest <8085>(8804) my voice <6963>.
3. For thou hadst cast <7993>(8686) me into the deep <4688>, in the midst <3824> of the seas <3220>; and the floods <5104> compassed <5437>(8779) me about: all thy billows <4867> and thy waves <1530> passed over <5674>(8804) me.
4. Then I said <559>(8804), I am cast out <1644>(8738) of thy sight <5869>; yet I will look <5027>(8687) again <3254>(8686) toward thy holy <6944> temple <1964>.
5. The waters <4325> compassed me about <661>(8804), even to the soul <5315>: the depth <8415> closed me round about <5437>(8779), the weeds <5488> were wrapped about <2280>(8803) my head <7218>.
6. I went down <3381>(8804) to the bottoms <7095> of the mountains <2022>; the earth <776> with her bars <1280> was about me for ever <5769>: yet hast thou brought up <5927>(8686) my life <2416> from corruption <7845>, O LORD <3068> my God <430>.
7. When my soul <5315> fainted <5848>(8692) within me I remembered <2142>(8804) the LORD <3068>: and my prayer <8605> came in <935>(8799) unto thee, into thine holy <6944> temple <1964>.
8. They that observe <8104>(8764) lying <7723> vanities <1892> forsake <5800>(8799) their own mercy <2617>.
9. But I will sacrifice <2076>(8799) unto thee with the voice <6963> of thanksgiving <8426>; I will pay <7999>(8762) that that I have vowed <5087>(8804). Salvation <3444> is of the LORD <3068>.
10. And the LORD <3068> spake <559>(8799) unto the fish <1709>, and it vomited out <6958>(8686) Jonah <3124> upon the dry <3004> land.
1. And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came unto Jonah <3124> the second <8145> time, saying <559>(8800),
2. Arise <6965>(8798), go <3212>(8798) unto Nineveh <5210>, that great <1419> city <5892>, and preach <7121>(8798) unto it the preaching <7150> that I bid <1696>(8802) thee.
3. So Jonah <3124> arose <6965>(8799), and went <3212>(8799) unto Nineveh <5210>, according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>. Now Nineveh <5210> was an exceeding <430> great <1419> city <5892> of three <7969> days <3117>' journey <4109>.
4. And Jonah <3124> began <2490>(8686) to enter <935>(8800) into the city <5892> a <259> day's <3117> journey <4109>, and he cried <7121>(8799), and said <559>(8799), Yet forty <705> days <3117>, and Nineveh <5210> shall be overthrown <2015>(8737).
5. So the people <582> of Nineveh <5210> believed <539>(8686) God <430>, and proclaimed <7121>(8799) a fast <6685>, and put <3847>(8799) on sackcloth <8242>, from the greatest <1419> of them even to the least <6996> of them.
6. For word <1697> came <5060>(8799) unto the king <4428> of Nineveh <5210>, and he arose <6965>(8799) from his throne <3678>, and he laid <5674>(8686) his robe <155> from him, and covered <3680>(8762) him with sackcloth <8242>, and sat <3427>(8799) in ashes <665>.
7. And he caused it to be proclaimed <2199>(8686) and published <559>(8799) through Nineveh <5210> by the decree <2940> of the king <4428> and his nobles <1419>, saying <559>(8800), Let neither man <120> nor beast <929>, herd <1241> nor flock <6629>, taste <2938>(8799) any thing <3972>: let them not feed <7462>(8799), nor drink <8354>(8799) water <4325>:
8. But let man <120> and beast <929> be covered <3680>(8691) with sackcloth <8242>, and cry <7121>(8799) mightily <2394> unto God <430>: yea, let them turn <7725>(8799) every one <376> from his evil <7451> way <1870>, and from the violence <2555> that is in their hands <3709>.
9. Who can tell <3045>(8802) if God <430> will turn <7725>(8799) and repent <5162>(8738), and turn away <7725>(8804) from his fierce <2740> anger <639>, that we perish <6>(8799) not?
10. And God <430> saw <7200>(8799) their works <4639>, that they turned <7725>(8804) from their evil <7451> way <1870>; and God <430> repented <5162>(8735) of the evil <7451>, that he had said <1696>(8765) that he would do <6213>(8800) unto them; and he did <6213>(8804) it not.
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8:6 Notice the way that Jesus was better than the old order
1. More excellent ministry
2. Better covenant
3. Better promises
In fact throughout the whole of the letter to the Hebrews we see about 12 occasions where Jesus is 'better' than the Mosaic order - though the word 'better' is not always used.
9:13-14 Another contrast is developed. Whilst the animals could only purify the flesh the sacrifice of Christ purged the conscience.
Peter Forbes [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Peter
OUT OF THE SHADOWS
God gave Moses a pattern when he made the Tabernacle. The pattern Moses was given, we learn from Hebrews, was the pattern of heaven itself. So when the Tabernacle was completed in all its splendour, Israel had a little slice of heaven in the midst of them. They should have been able to look at the Tabernacle and see all that was holy and pure - to see God dwelling among them.
Now we learn that the Tabernacle, all its furnishings and the offerings associated with it, are just a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. (Hebrews 6 v 5) The priests at the Tabernacle were only a shadow of the great High Priest, Jesus. The covenant God made with Israel was only a precursor to a much better covenant. Now, instead of having rituals to perform for sin, we can have our sins forgiven through Jesus Christ.
Even though so much has been fulfilled and made better, the patterns have not all been fulfilled. The dwelling of God is not with men, and we have not been made totally sinless, because we still sin. One day Jesus will return and then, just as the Tabernacle was a shadow of the real thing, so our lives will be taken out of the shadowlands and brought into a wonderful reality in the kingdom of God.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2003 Reply to Robert
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1. Now <1161> of <1909> the things which we have spoken <3004>(5746) this is the sum <2774>: We have <2192>(5719) such <5108> an high priest <749>, who <3739> is set <2523>(5656) on <1722> the right hand <1188> of the throne <2362> of the Majesty <3172> in <1722> the heavens <3772>;
2. A minister <3011> of the sanctuary <39>, and <2532> of the true <228> tabernacle <4633>, which <3739> the Lord <2962> pitched <4078>(5656), and <2532> not <3756> man <444>.
3. For <1063> every <3956> high priest <749> is ordained <2525>(5743) to <1519> offer <4374>(5721) gifts <1435> and <5037> <2532> sacrifices <2378>: wherefore <3606> it is of necessity <316> that this man <5126> have <2192>(5721) somewhat <5100> also <2532> to <3739> offer <4374>(5661).
4. For <1063> if <1487> <3303> he were <2258>(5713) on <1909> earth <1093>, he should <302> not <3761> be <2258>(5713) a priest <2409>, seeing that there are <5607>(5752) priests <2409> that offer <4374>(5723) gifts <1435> according <2596> to the law <3551>:
5. Who <3748> serve <3000>(5719) unto the example <5262> and <2532> shadow <4639> of heavenly things <2032>, as <2531> Moses <3475> was admonished of God <5537>(5769) when he was about <3195>(5723) to make <2005>(5721) the tabernacle <4633>: for <1063>, See <3708>(5720), saith he <5346>(5748), that thou make <4160>(5661) all things <3956> according to <2596> the pattern <5179> shewed <1166>(5685) to thee <4671> in <1722> the mount <3735>.
6. But <1161> now <3570> hath he obtained <5177>(5758) a more excellent <1313> ministry <3009>, by how much <3745> also <2532> he is <2076>(5748) the mediator <3316> of a better <2909> covenant <1242>, which <3748> was established <3549>(5769) upon <1909> better <2909> promises <1860>.
7. For <1063> if <1487> that <1565> first <4413> covenant had been <2258>(5713) faultless <273>, then should <302> no <3756> place <5117> have been sought <2212>(5712) for the second <1208>.
8. For <1063> finding fault <3201>(5740) with them <846>, he saith <3004>(5719), Behold <2400>(5628), the days <2250> come <2064>(5736), saith <3004>(5719) the Lord <2962>, when <2532> I will make <4931>(5692) a new <2537> covenant <1242> with <1909> the house <3624> of Israel <2474> and <2532> with <1909> the house <3624> of Judah <2455>:
9. Not <3756> according to <2596> the covenant <1242> that <3739> I made with <4160>(5656) their <846> fathers <3962> in <1722> the day <2250> when I took <1949>(5637) them <846> by the hand <3450> <5495> to lead <1806>(5629) them <846> out of <1537> the land <1093> of Egypt <125>; because <3754> they <846> continued <1696>(5656) not <3756> in <1722> my <3450> covenant <1242>, and I <2504> regarded <272> <0> them <846> not <272>(5656), saith <3004>(5719) the Lord <2962>.
10. For <3754> this <3778> is the covenant <1242> that <3739> I will make <1303>(5695) with the house <3624> of Israel <2474> after <3326> those <1565> days <2250>, saith <3004>(5719) the Lord <2962>; I will put <1325>(5723) my <3450> laws <3551> into <1519> their <846> mind <1271>, and <2532> write <1924>(5692) them <846> in <1909> their <846> hearts <2588>: and <2532> I will be <2071>(5704) to <1519> them <846> a God <2316>, and <2532> they shall be <2071>(5704) to <1519> me <3427> a people <2992>:
11. And <2532> they shall <1321> <0> not <3364> teach <1321>(5661) every man <1538> his <848> neighbour <4139>, and <2532> every man <1538> his <848> brother <80>, saying <3004>(5723), Know <1097>(5628) the Lord <2962>: for <3754> all <3956> shall know <1492>(5692) me <3165>, from <575> the least <3398> <846> to <2193> the greatest <3173> <846>.
12. For <3754> I will be <2071>(5704) merciful <2436> to their <846> unrighteousness <93>, and <2532> their <846> sins <266> and <2532> their <846> iniquities <458> will I remember <3415>(5686) no <3364> more <2089>.
13. In <1722> that he saith <3004>(5721), A new <2537> covenant, he hath made <3822> <0> the first <4413> old <3822>(5758). Now <1161> that which decayeth <3822>(5746) and <2532> waxeth old <1095>(5723) is ready <1451> to vanish away <854>.
1. Then <3767> verily <3303> the first <4413> covenant had <2192>(5707) also <2532> ordinances <1345> of divine service <2999>, and <5037> a worldly <2886> sanctuary <39>.
2. For <1063> there was <2680> <0> a tabernacle <4633> made <2680>(5681); the first <4413>, wherein <1722> <3739> <5037> was the candlestick <3087>, and <2532> the table <5132>, and <2532> the shewbread <4286> <740>; which <3748> is called <3004>(5743) the sanctuary <39>.
3. And <1161> after <3326> the second <1208> veil <2665>, the tabernacle <4633> which <3588> is called <3004>(5746) the Holiest of all <39> <39>;
4. Which had <2192>(5723) the golden <5552> censer <2369>, and <2532> the ark <2787> of the covenant <1242> overlaid <4028>(5772) round about <3840> with gold <5553>, wherein <1722> <3739> was the golden <5552> pot <4713> that had <2192>(5723) manna <3131>, and <2532> Aaron's <2> rod <4464> that budded <985>(5660), and <2532> the tables <4109> of the covenant <1242>;
5. And <1161> over <5231> it <846> the cherubims <5502> of glory <1391> shadowing <2683>(5723) the mercyseat <2435>; of <4012> which <3739> we cannot <3756> <2076>(5748) now <3568> speak <3004>(5721) particularly <2596> <3313>.
6. Now <1161> when these things <5130> were <2680> <0> thus <3779> ordained <2680>(5772), the priests <2409> went <1524>(5748) always <1275> into <1519> <3303> the first <4413> tabernacle <4633>, accomplishing <2005>(5723) the service <2999> of God.
7. But <1161> into <1519> the second <1208> went the high priest <749> alone <3441> once <530> every year <1763>, not <3756> without <5565> blood <129>, which <3739> he offered <4374>(5719) for <5228> himself <1438>, and <2532> for the errors <51> of the people <2992>:
8. The Holy <40> Ghost <4151> this <5124> signifying <1213>(5723), that the way <3598> into the holiest of all <39> was <5319> <0> not yet <3380> made manifest <5319>(5771), while as the first <4413> tabernacle <4633> was <2192>(5723) yet <2089> standing <4714>:
9. Which <3748> was a figure <3850> for <1519> the time <2540> then present <1764>(5761), in <2596> which <3739> were offered <4374>(5743) both <5037> gifts <1435> and <2532> sacrifices <2378>, that could <1410>(5740) not <3361> make <5048> <0> him that did the service <3000>(5723) perfect <5048>(5658), as pertaining to <2596> the conscience <4893>;
10. Which stood only <3440> in <1909> meats <1033> and <2532> drinks <4188>, and <2532> divers <1313> washings <909>, and <2532> carnal <4561> ordinances <1345>, imposed <1945>(5740) on them until <3360> the time <2540> of reformation <1357>.
11. But <1161> Christ <5547> being come <3854>(5637) an high priest <749> of good things <18> to come <3195>(5723), by <1223> a greater <3187> and <2532> more perfect <5046> tabernacle <4633>, not <3756> made with hands <5499>, that is to say <5123>(5748), not <3756> of this <5026> building <2937>;
12. Neither <3761> by <1223> the blood <129> of goats <5131> and <2532> calves <3448>, but <1161> by <1223> his own <2398> blood <129> he entered in <1525>(5627) once <2178> into <1519> the holy place <39>, having obtained <2147>(5642) eternal <166> redemption <3085> for us.
13. For <1063> if <1487> the blood <129> of bulls <5022> and <2532> of goats <5131>, and <2532> the ashes <4700> of an heifer <1151> sprinkling <4472>(5723) the unclean <2840>(5772), sanctifieth <37>(5719) to <4314> the purifying <2514> of the flesh <4561>:
14. How much <4214> more <3123> shall <2511> <0> the blood <129> of Christ <5547>, who <3739> through <1223> the eternal <166> Spirit <4151> offered <4374>(5656) himself <1438> without spot <299> to God <2316>, purge <2511>(5692) your <5216> conscience <4893> from <575> dead <3498> works <2041> to <1519> serve <3000>(5721) the living <2198>(5723) God <2316>?
15. And <2532> for this <5124> cause <1223> he is <2076>(5748) the mediator <3316> of the new <2537> testament <1242>, that <3704> by means <1096>(5637) of death <2288>, for <1519> the redemption <629> of the transgressions <3847> that were under <1909> the first <4413> testament <1242>, they which are called <2564>(5772) might receive <2983>(5632) the promise <1860> of eternal <166> inheritance <2817>.
16. For <1063> where <3699> a testament <1242> is, there must also of necessity <318> be <5342>(5745) the death <2288> of the testator <1303>(5642).
17. For <1063> a testament <1242> is of force <949> after <1909> men are dead <3498>: otherwise <1893> it is of <2480> <0> no <3379> <0> strength <2480>(5719) at all <3379> while <3753> the testator <1303>(5642) liveth <2198>(5719).
18. Whereupon <3606> neither <3761> the first <4413> testament was dedicated <1457>(5769) without <5565> blood <129>.
19. For <1063> when <5259> Moses <3475> had spoken <2980>(5685) every <3956> precept <1785> to all <3956> the people <2992> according <2596> to the law <3551>, he took <2983>(5631) the blood <129> of calves <3448> and <2532> of goats <5131>, with <3326> water <5204>, and <2532> scarlet <2847> wool <2053>, and <2532> hyssop <5301>, and sprinkled <4472>(5656) both <5037> the book <975> <846>, and <2532> all <3956> the people <2992>,
20. Saying <3004>(5723), This <5124> is the blood <129> of the testament <1242> which <3739> God <2316> hath enjoined <1781>(5662) unto <4314> you <5209>.
21. Moreover <1161> <3668> he sprinkled <4472>(5656) with blood <129> both <2532> the tabernacle <4633>, and <2532> all <3956> the vessels <4632> of the ministry <3009>.
22. And <2532> almost <4975> all things <3956> are <2511> <0> by <2596> the law <3551> purged <2511>(5743) with <1722> blood <129>; and <2532> without <5565> shedding of blood <130> is <1096>(5736) no <3756> remission <859>.
23. It was therefore <3767> necessary <318> that the patterns <5262> of things <3303> in <1722> the heavens <3772> should be purified <2511>(5745) with these <5125>; but <1161> the heavenly things <2032> themselves <846> with better <2909> sacrifices <2378> than <3844> these <5025>.
24. For <1063> Christ <5547> is <1525> <0> not <3756> entered <1525>(5627) into <1519> the holy places <39> made with hands <5499>, which are the figures <499> of the true <228>; but <235> into <1519> heaven <3772> itself <846>, now <3568> to appear <1718>(5683) in the presence <4383> of God <2316> for <5228> us <2257>:
25. Nor <3761> yet that <2443> he should offer <4374>(5725) himself <1438> often <4178>, as <5618> the high priest <749> entereth <1525>(5736) into <1519> the holy place <39> every <2596> year <1763> with <1722> blood <129> of others <245>;
26. For then <1893> must <1163>(5713) he <846> often <4178> have suffered <3958>(5629) since <575> the foundation <2602> of the world <2889>: but <1161> now <3568> once <530> in <1909> the end <4930> of the world <165> hath he appeared <5319>(5769) to <1519> put away <115> sin <266> by <1223> the sacrifice <2378> of himself <848>.
27. And <2532> as <2596> <3745> it is appointed <606>(5736) unto men <444> once <530> to die <599>(5629), but <1161> after <3326> this <5124> the judgment <2920>:
28. So <3779> Christ <5547> was once <530> offered <4374>(5685) to <1519> bear <399>(5629) the sins <266> of many <4183>; and unto them that look <553>(5740) for him <846> shall he appear <3700>(5701) <1537> the second time <1208> without <5565> sin <266> unto <1519> salvation <4991>.
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