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Selected Verse: Hebrews 13:10 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Heb 13:10 |
Strong Concordance |
We have [2192] an altar [2379], whereof [1537] [3739] they have [2192] no [3756] right [1849] to eat [5315] which serve [3000] the tabernacle [4633]. |
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King James |
We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Christianity and Judaism are so totally distinct, that "they who serve the (Jewish) tabernacle," have no right to eat our spiritual Gospel meat, namely, the Jewish priests, and those who follow their guidance in serving the ceremonial ordinance. He says, "serve the tabernacle," not "serve IN the tabernacle." Contrast with this servile worship ours.
an altar--the cross of Christ, whereon His body was offered. The Lord's table represents this altar, the cross; as the bread and wine represent the sacrifice offered on it. Our meat, which we by faith spiritually eat, is the flesh of Christ, in contrast to the typical ceremonial meats. The two cannot be combined (Gal 5:2). That not a literal eating of the sacrifice of Christ is meant in the Lord's Supper, but a spiritual is meant, appears from comparing Heb 13:9 with Heb 13:10, "with GRACE, NOT with MEATS." |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
We have an altar - We who are Christians. The Jews had an altar on which their sacrifices were offered which was regarded as sacred, and of the benefit of which no others might partake. The design of the apostle is to show that the same thing substantially, so far as "privilege" and "sanctifying influence" were concerned, was enjoyed by Christians. The "altar" to which he here refers is evidently the cross on which the great sacrifice was made.
Whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle - A part of the meat offered in sacrifice among the Jews became the property of the priests and Levites, and they had, by the Law, a right to this as a part of their support; see Lev 6:25-26; Num 18:9-10. But the apostle says that there is a higher and more valuable sacrifice of which they have no right to partake while they remain in the service of the "tabernacle" or temple; that is, while they remain Jews. The participation in the great Christian sacrifice appertained only to those who were the friends of the Redeemer, and however much they might value themselves on the privilege of partaking of the sacrifices offered under the Jewish Law, that of partaking of the great sacrifice made by the Son of God was much greater.
Which serve the tabernacle - notes, Heb 9:2-3. The Jewish priests and Levites. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Those who persist in adhering to the Jewish economy can have no part in the blessing of the new covenant. The two are mutually exclusive. The statement is cast in the mould of the Jewish sacrificial ritual, and in the figure of eating a sacrificial meal.
We have an altar (ἔχομεν θυσιαστήριον)
It is a mistake to try to find in the Christian economy some specific object answering to altar - either the cross, or the eucharistic table, or Christ himself. Rather the ideas of approach to God, - sacrifice, atonement, pardon and acceptance, salvation, - are gathered up and generally represented in the figure of an altar, even as the Jewish altar was the point at which all these ideas converged. The application in this broader and more general sense is illustrated by Ignatius: "If one be not within the altar (ἐντὸς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου the sacred precinct), he lacketh the bread of God.... Whosoever, therefore, cometh not to the congregation (ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ), he doth thereby show his pride, and hath separated himself," Eph. v. Ignatius here uses the word, not of a literal altar, but of the church. Comp. Trall. vii. Again: "Hasten to come together as to one temple, even God; to one altar, even to one Jesus Christ," Magn. vii.
Of which - to eat (εξ οὗ - φαγεῖν)
The foundation of the figure is the sacrifice of the peace or thank-offering, in which the worshippers partook of the sacrifice. See Lev 7:29-35; Deu 12:6; Deu 27:7. The peace-offerings were either public or private. The two lambs offered every year at Pentecost (Lev 23:19) were a public offering, and their flesh was eaten only by the officiating priests, and within the holy place. The other public peace-offerings, after the priests had received their share, were eaten by the offerers themselves. Jehovah thus condescended to be the guest of his worshippers. The large scale on which such festivals were sometimes celebrated is illustrated in Kg1 8:63. In private peace-offerings, the breast of the victim belonged to the Lord, who gave it to the priests (Lev 7:30), and the right shoulder was given directly to the priests by Israel (Lev 7:32). After the ritual of waving, the entrails were consumed, and the rest was eaten by the priest or the worshippers and their invited guests, among whom were specially included the poor and the Levites.
Right (ἐξουσίαν)
See on Joh 1:12.
Which serve the tabernacle (οἱ τῇ σκηνῇ λατρεύοντες)
This does not mean the priests only, but the worshippers also. Σκηνή tabernacle is used figuratively for the whole ceremonial economy. A reference to the priests alone is entirely foreign to the context, and to the whole drift of the discussion which contrasts the privileges of Christians at large (we) with those of Israel at large. The writer is speaking in the present tense, of institutions in operation in his own time, to which tabernacle, in any other than a figurative sense, would be inappropriate. Moreover, λατρεύειν to serve is used throughout the N.T., with the single exception of Heb 8:5, of the service of the worshipper and not of the priest. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| On the former part of this verse, Heb 13:15-16 depend; on the latter, Heb 13:11-14. We have an altar - The cross of Christ. Whereof they have no right to eat - To partake of the benefits which we receive therefrom. Who serve the tabernacle - Who adhere to the Mosaic law. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| We have an altar - The altar is here put for the sacrifice on the altar; the Christian altar is the Christian sacrifice, which is Christ Jesus, with all the benefits of his passion and death. To these privileges they had no right who continued to offer the Levitical sacrifices, and to trust in them for remission of sins. |
10 We have [2192] an altar [2379], whereof [1537] [3739] they have [2192] no [3756] right [1849] to eat [5315] which serve [3000] the tabernacle [4633].
9 Be [4064] not [3361] carried about [4064] with divers [4164] and [2532] strange [3581] doctrines [1322]. For [1063] it is a good thing [2570] that the heart [2588] be established [950] with grace [5485]; not [3756] with meats [1033], which have [5623] not [3756] profited [5623] them that have been occupied [4043] therein [1722] [3739].
2 Behold [2396], I [1473] Paul [3972] say [3004] unto you [5213], that [3754] if [1437] ye be circumcised [4059], Christ [5547] shall profit [5623] you [5209] nothing [3762].
2 For [1063] there was [2680] a tabernacle [4633] made [2680]; 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] the sanctuary [39].
3 And [1161] after [3326] the second [1208] veil [2665], the tabernacle [4633] which [3588] is called [3004] the Holiest of all [39] [39];
9 This shall be thine of the most [06944] holy things [06944], reserved from the fire [0784]: every oblation [07133] of theirs, every meat offering [04503] of theirs, and every sin offering [02403] of theirs, and every trespass offering [0817] of theirs, which they shall render [07725] unto me, shall be most [06944] holy [06944] for thee and for thy sons [01121].
10 In the most [06944] holy [06944] place shalt thou eat [0398] it; every male [02145] shall eat [0398] it: it shall be holy [06944] unto thee.
25 Speak [01696] unto Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121], saying [0559], This is the law [08451] of the sin offering [02403]: In the place [04725] where the burnt offering [05930] is killed [07819] shall the sin offering [02403] be killed [07819] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: it is most [06944] holy [06944].
26 The priest [03548] that offereth it for sin [02398] shall eat [0398] it: in the holy [06918] place [04725] shall it be eaten [0398], in the court [02691] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
5 Who [3748] serve [3000] unto the example [5262] and [2532] shadow [4639] of heavenly things [2032], as [2531] Moses [3475] was admonished of God [5537] when he was about [3195] to make [2005] the tabernacle [4633]: for [1063], See [3708], saith he [5346], that thou make [4160] all things [3956] according to [2596] the pattern [5179] shewed [1166] to thee [4671] in [1722] the mount [3735].
12 But [1161] as many as [3745] received [2983] him [846], to them [846] gave he [1325] power [1849] to become [1096] the sons [5043] of God [2316], even to them that believe [4100] on [1519] his [846] name [3686]:
32 And the right [03225] shoulder [07785] shall ye give [05414] unto the priest [03548] for an heave offering [08641] of the sacrifices [02077] of your peace offerings [08002].
30 His own hands [03027] shall bring [0935] the offerings [0801] of the LORD [03068] made by fire [0801], the fat [02459] with the breast [02373], it shall he bring [0935], that the breast [02373] may be waved [05130] for a wave offering [08573] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
63 And Solomon [08010] offered [02076] a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], which he offered [02076] unto the LORD [03068], two [08147] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] oxen [01241], and an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] sheep [06629]. So the king [04428] and all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] dedicated [02596] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
19 Then ye shall sacrifice [06213] one [0259] kid [08163] of the goats [05795] for a sin offering [02403], and two [08147] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] for a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002].
7 And thou shalt offer [02076] peace offerings [08002], and shalt eat [0398] there, and rejoice [08055] before [06440] the LORD [03068] thy God [0430].
6 And thither ye shall bring [0935] your burnt offerings [05930], and your sacrifices [02077], and your tithes [04643], and heave offerings [08641] of your hand [03027], and your vows [05088], and your freewill offerings [05071], and the firstlings [01062] of your herds [01241] and of your flocks [06629]:
29 Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], He that offereth [07126] the sacrifice [02077] of his peace offerings [08002] unto the LORD [03068] shall bring [0935] his oblation [07133] unto the LORD [03068] of the sacrifice [02077] of his peace offerings [08002].
30 His own hands [03027] shall bring [0935] the offerings [0801] of the LORD [03068] made by fire [0801], the fat [02459] with the breast [02373], it shall he bring [0935], that the breast [02373] may be waved [05130] for a wave offering [08573] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
31 And the priest [03548] shall burn [06999] the fat [02459] upon the altar [04196]: but the breast [02373] shall be Aaron's [0175] and his sons [01121]'.
32 And the right [03225] shoulder [07785] shall ye give [05414] unto the priest [03548] for an heave offering [08641] of the sacrifices [02077] of your peace offerings [08002].
33 He among the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175], that offereth [07126] the blood [01818] of the peace offerings [08002], and the fat [02459], shall have the right [03225] shoulder [07785] for his part [04490].
34 For the wave [08573] breast [02373] and the heave [08641] shoulder [07785] have I taken [03947] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] from off the sacrifices [02077] of their peace offerings [08002], and have given [05414] them unto Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] and unto his sons [01121] by a statute [02706] for ever [05769] from among the children [01121] of Israel [03478].
35 This is the portion of the anointing [04888] of Aaron [0175], and of the anointing [04888] of his sons [01121], out of the offerings [0801] of the LORD [03068] made by fire [0801], in the day [03117] when he presented [07126] them to minister unto the LORD [03068] in the priest's office [03547];
11 For [1063] the bodies [4983] of those [5130] beasts [2226], whose [3739] blood [129] is brought [1533] into [1519] the sanctuary [39] by [1223] the high priest [749] for [4012] sin [266], are burned [2618] without [1854] the camp [3925].
12 Wherefore [1352] Jesus [2424] also [2532], that [2443] he might sanctify [37] the people [2992] with [1223] his own [2398] blood [129], suffered [3958] without [1854] the gate [4439].
13 Let us go forth [1831] therefore [5106] unto [4314] him [846] without [1854] the camp [3925], bearing [5342] his [846] reproach [3680].
14 For [1063] here [5602] have we [2192] no [3756] continuing [3306] city [4172], but [235] we seek one [1934] to come [3195].
15 By [1223] him [846] therefore [3767] let us offer [399] the sacrifice [2378] of praise [133] to God [2316] continually [1275], that is [5123], the fruit [2590] of our lips [5491] giving thanks [3670] to his [846] name [3686].
16 But [1161] to do good [2140] and [2532] to communicate [2842] forget [1950] not [3361]: for [1063] with such [5108] sacrifices [2378] God [2316] is well pleased [2100].