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Heb 13:10. Ἔχομεν, we have) This verse has two clauses: on the first, Heb 13:15-16 depend; on the second, the verses that intervene. Chiasmus.-θυσιαστήριον, an altar) the Cross of Christ, on which His body was sacrificed.-ἐξ οὗ) of (from) which. They are partakers also of this altar who eat the sacrifice offered upon it, not on the other: comp. 1Co 10:18.-φαγεῖν, to eat) The meat, the flesh of Christ given for us. It is an antithesis to ceremonial meats. It is chiefly eaten in the Sacred Supper, where His body is set forth as given up for us, and His blood shed for us, in that single sacrifice of the cross.-οὐκ, not) Gal 5:2, etc.-τῇ σκηνῇ, the tabernacle) A parabolic Amphibology, such as we find at ch. Heb 9:8, note. For the tabernacle, if we consider the Protasis, expressed at Heb 13:11, denotes the anterior part of the sanctuary; but if we consider the Apodosis, which is found at Heb 13:12, it implies the whole Levitical worship. There is also a point in the fact, that he says, τῇ σκηνῇ, not ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ, “who serve the tabernacle,” not in the tabernacle. In like manner paul, Rom 7:6, note.