Hebrews

Hebrews 8:5

⁵The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”^a

Footnotes

a 8:5 Exodus 25:40|EXO 25:40; see also Exodus 26:30.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
they serve	λατρεύουσιν	latreuousin	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G3000 I serve, worship
a copy	ὑποδείγματι	hypodeigmati	Noun - Dative Neuter Singular	G5262 a figure, copy, example
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
shadow	σκιᾷ	skia	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G4639 a shadow, thick darkness, an outline
of what	τῶν	tōn	Article - Genitive Neuter Plural	G3588 the
is in heaven	ἐπουρανίων	epouraniōn	Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural	G2032 heavenly, celestial
This is why	καθὼς	kathōs	Adverb	G2531 just as, as
Moses	Μωϋσῆς	Mōusēs	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3475 Moses
was warned	κεχρημάτισται	kechrēmatistai	Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular	G5537 I warn, am publicly called
when he was about	μέλλων	mellōn	Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular	G3195 I am about to
to build	ἐπιτελεῖν	epitelein	Verb - Present Infinitive Active	G2005 I complete, accomplish, perfect
the	τὴν	tēn	Article - Accusative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
tabernacle	σκηνήν	skēnēn	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G4633 a tent, tabernacle
See to it that	Ὅρα	Hora	Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G3708 I see, look upon, experience
you make	Ποιήσεις	Poiēseis	Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular	G4160 I do, make
everything	πάντα	panta	Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of
according to	κατὰ	kata	Preposition	G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during
the	τὸν	ton	Article - Accusative Masculine Singular	G3588 the
pattern	τύπον	typon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G5179 a figure, model, type
shown	δειχθέντα	deichthenta	Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular	G1166 I point out, show
you	σοι	soi	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Singular	G4771 you
on	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
the	τῷ	tō	Article - Dative Neuter Singular	G3588 the
mountain	ὄρει	orei	Noun - Dative Neuter Singular	G3735 a mountain

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Exodus 25:40 · Colossians 2:17 · Hebrews 10:1 · Exodus 26:30 · Exodus 27:8 · 1 Chronicles 28:19 · 1 Chronicles 28:12 · Numbers 8:4 · Hebrews 9:9 · Hebrews 9:23–24 · Acts 7:44 · Hebrews 11:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.