Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Defining "the worldly tabernacle."
a tabernacle—"the tabernacle."
made—built and furnished.
the first—the anterior tabernacle.
candlestick . . . table—typifying light and life (Exodus 25:31-39). The candlestick consisted of a shaft and six branches of gold, seven in all, the bowls made like almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch. It was carried in Vespasian's triumph, and the figure is to be seen on Titus' arch at Rome. The table of shittim wood, covered with gold, was for the showbread (Exodus 25:23-30).
showbread—literally, "the setting forth of the loaves," that is, the loaves set forth: "the show of the bread" [ALFORD]. In the outer holy place: so the Eucharist continues until our entrance into the heavenly Holy of Holies (I Corinthians 11:26).
which, etc.—"which (tabernacle) is called the holy place," as distinguished from "the Holy of Holies."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hebrews 9:2:
1 Corinthians 11:26
Hebrews 9:1
Hebrews 9:5
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