Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Hebrews 9:21

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Hebrews 9:21 - 9:21

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21. καὶ τὴν σκηνὴν δέ. This again is not mentioned in the scene to which the writer seems to be referring (Exo 24:6-8), which indeed preceded the building of the Tabernacle. It is nowhere recorded in Scripture that the Tabernacle was sprinkled, although it is perhaps implied that on a later occasion this may have been done (Exo 40:9-10); and Josephus, closely following the same Haggadah as the writer, says that such was the case (Jos. Antt. III. 8, § 6).

πάντα τὰ σκεύη. This again is not mentioned, though we are told that Aaron and his sons, and the altar, were consecrated by such a sprinkling (Lev 8:30), and that the “propitiatory” was so sprinkled on the Day of Atonement (Lev 16:14). By these references to unrecorded traditions the writer shews that he had been trained in Rabbinic Schools.