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Which (hētis). “Which very thing,” the first tent (tēs prōtēs skēnēs, division of the tabernacle), a parenthesis and explanation.
A parable (parabolē). Only in the Synoptic Gospels in the N.T. and Heb 9:9; Heb 11:19. See note on Mat 13:3 for the word (from paraballō, to place alongside). Here like tupos (type or shadow of “the heavenly reality,” Moffatt).
For the time now present (eis ton kairon ton enestēkota). “For the present crisis “ (kairon, not aiōna, age, not chronon, time). Perfect active articular (repeated article) participle of enistēmi (intransitive), the age in which they lived, not the past, not the future. See 1Co 3:22; Rom 8:38 for contrast between enestōta and mellonta. This age of crisis, foreshadowed by the old tabernacle, pointed on to the richer fulfilment still to come.
According to which (kath' hēn). Here the relative refers to parabolē just mentioned, not to skēnēs. See Heb 5:1; Heb 8:3.
As touching the conscience (kata suneidēsin). For suneidēsis see 1Co 8:10; 1Co 10:17; Rom 2:15. This was the real failure of animal sacrifice (Heb 10:1-4).
Make the worshipper perfect (teleiōsai ton latreuonta). First aorist active infinitive (Heb 2:10). At best it was only ritual or ceremonial purification (Heb 7:11), that called for endless repetition (Heb 10:1-4).