Hebrews 9:2
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Hebrews 9:2 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.For there was a tabernacle prepared. In the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For there was a tabernacle prepared. In the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.
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King James Version Public Domain
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
for a tabernacle was prepared, the first one, in which both the lampstand and the table, and the presentation of the loaves, which is called “Holy,”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For there was a tabernacle prepared. In the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
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King James Version Public Domain
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein `were' the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein were the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the Holy place.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
For the first Tabernacle was made, wherein was the candlesticke, and the table, and the shewebread, which Tabernacle is called the Holy places.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
For there was a tabernacle made the first, wherein were the candlesticks, and the table, and the setting forth of loaves, which is called the holy.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
for a tabernacle was prepared, the first, in which was both the lamp-stand, and the table, and the bread of the presence -- which is called `Holy;'
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
for a dwelling place was prepared, the first, in which was both the lampstand, and the table, and the Bread of the Presentation—which is called “Holy”;
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
For a tabernacle was prepared. The first room, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of the presence, was called the holy place.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
for a tabernacle was prepared, the first one, in which both the lampstand and the table, and the presentation of the loaves, which is called “Holy,”
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Darby Bible Public Domain
For a tabernacle was set up; the first, in which [were] both the candlestick and the table and the exposition of the loaves, which is called Holy;
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lamp stand, the table, and the show bread, which is called the Holy Place.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
For there was a tabernacle made; the first, in which was the candlestick, and the table, and the show-bread; which is called the sanctuary.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
The first room in the Tabernacle housed the candlestick, the table, and the sacred bread. This was called the Holy Place.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
For the first Tent was made ready, having in it the vessels for the lights and the table and the ordering of the bread; and this is named the holy place.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first room were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of the Presence; this is called the Holy Place.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
For there was a fore tabernacle made wherin was the candlesticke and the table and the shewe breed which is called wholy.
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- Appears 11× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Matthew 11:10
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Full Thayer's Definition
- σκηνὴ skēnḗ G4633 “tabernacle” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- γὰρ gár G1063 “for” Conjunction
- κατεσκευάσθη kataskeuázō G2680 “to prepare” Verb, Aorist, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- ἡ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- πρώτη prōtos G4413 “first” Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Feminine, Superlative
- ἐν en G1722 “in” Preposition
- ᾗ hós G3739 “who” Relative pronoun, Dative, Singular, Feminine
- ἥ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- τε té G5037 “and” Particle
- λυχνία lychnía G3087 “lampstand” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ἡ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- τράπεζα trápeza G5132 “table” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ἡ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- πρόθεσις próthesis G4286 “showbread” Noun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- τῶν ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Plural, Masculine
- ἄρτων ártos G740 “bread” Noun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine
- ἥτις hóstis G3748 “whoever” Relative pronoun, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- λέγεται légō G3004 “to say” Verb, Present, Passive, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- ἅγια hágios G40 “saint” Adjective, Nominative, Plural, Neuter
About this verse
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- 21
- words
- 16
- distinct lemmas
- General Epistles
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Cross-references
15Topical passages linked to Hebrews 9:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Exodus 40:4 You shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are on it. You shall bring in the lampstand, and light the lamps of it.
- Leviticus 24:5–8 "You shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes of it: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.
- Exodus 26:35 You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand over against the table on the side of the tent toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side.
- Exodus 26:33 You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the testimony in there within the veil: and the veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.
- Exodus 40:18–20 Moses raised up the tent, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards of it, and put in the bars of it, and raised up its pillars.
- Exodus 40:22–24 He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tent northward, outside of the veil.
- Exodus 25:8–9 Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.
- Exodus 25:23–26:30 "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its height.
- Exodus 29:1 "This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
- Exodus 29:35 "Thus shall you do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Seven days shall you consecrate them.
- Exodus 36:8–38 All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tent with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.
- Exodus 39:32–34 Thus all the work of the tent of the tent of meeting was finished. The children of Israel did according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses; so they did.
- Exodus 39:36–38 the table, all its vessels, the show bread,
- Exodus 40:2 "On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tent of the Tent of Meeting.
- Exodus 37:10–24 He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its breadth was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.
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Hebrews, in the General Epistles, opens this verse with 21 words (16 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is kataskeuázō (“to prepare”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- How does “to prepare” (kataskeuázō) shape what this verse is saying?
- How does Matthew 11:10, which shares the word «to prepare», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “the” (5× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
- Compare how Joseph Benson's Commentary and Tyndale Open Study Notes read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 17 words in this verse.
- “the” occurs 5× in this single verse.
- 16 distinct Greek lemmas span 21 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Hebrews 9:2 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Joseph Benson's Commentary
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale Open Resources
Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Meyer's Critical & Exegetical Commentary
Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer
Meyer — Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament — English translation by Peter Christie, edited by Frederick Crombie (T&T Clark, 1880) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Calvin's Commentaries
John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Matthew Poole's English Annotations
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Scofield Reference Notes
C. I. Scofield
The Scofield Reference Bible (1917 edition), notes by C. I. Scofield — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament
William Burkitt
William Burkitt's Expository Notes on the New Testament (1700–1703) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Westcott on Hebrews & the Epistles of John
Brooke Foss Westcott
Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901), The Epistle to the Hebrews (1889) and The Epistles of St John (1883) — public domain (pre-1929). Text recovered from Internet Archive / Google Books OCR scans. Westcott’s Gospel of John commentary is not included (its OCR lost the chapter running-heads required for reliable verse-keying). Some Greek quoted in the Hebrews volume is imperfectly rendered by the OCR.