Hebrews 9:8

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“By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.”

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BSBPD

“By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“the Holy Spirit this evidencing that not yet hath been manifested the way of the holy <FI>places<Fi> , the first tabernacle having yet a standing;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 9:8 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 63:11Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
  2. John 10:7So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
  3. John 10:9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
  4. John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  5. Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
  6. Acts 28:25They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
  7. Galatians 3:8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
  8. Ephesians 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
  9. Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
  10. Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
  11. Hebrews 9:3Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
  12. Hebrews 10:15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:
  13. Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
  14. 2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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