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Minister (leitourgos). See note on Rom 13:6 and note on Phi 2:25.
Of the sanctuary (tōn hagiōn). “Of the holy places” (ta hagia), without any distinction (like Heb 9:8.; Heb 10:19; Heb 13:11) between the holy place and the most holy place as in Heb 9:2.
Of the true tabernacle (tēs skēnēs tēs alēthinēs). By way of explanation of tōn hagiōn. For skēnē see Mat 17:4 and skēnos (2Co 5:1), old word used here for the antitype or archetype of the tabernacle in the wilderness in which Aaron served, the ideal tabernacle in heaven of which the earthly tabernacle was a symbol and reproduced in the temple which merely copied the tabernacle. Hence it is the “genuine” tabernacle and see Joh 1:9 for alēthinos.
Pitched (epēxen). First aorist active indicative of pēgnumi, old verb to fasten as the pegs of a tent, here only in the N.T. Cf. Num 24:6.