and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hebrews 9:5 in context
Hebrews 9:2–8
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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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After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,
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having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;
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and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.
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Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services,
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but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people.
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The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn’t yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing.
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