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r^> " who ministered," (as in a sacred office); properly. TTO- "biiyp.ot.Tt, "exemplari." Rhem., "that serve the exemplar and shadow;" every way imperfectly. Syr., s ~?, "unto the similitude." Tui> tirovpeiviuv. Eras., "coelestium." Others, "rerum ccelestium ;" "of heavenly things." Syr., V.??? ^" fr^. "of the things which are in heaven." ~K.ot.6ug xexpyftiiTioToti, "sicut respon- sum est Mosi." Rhem., "as it was answered Moses." JLpriftetrtffftof is not an "answer," but an "oracle," given out upon inquiry, and so "any divine instruc tion." " Quemadmoduua divinitus dictum est." "Admonished of God," say we. Syr., r^r srs !I, "it was spoken," simply; which expresseth not the original. Ver. 5. Who serve [in sacred worship] unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, even as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle : for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount. 1. "We must first consider the reading of these words, by reason of the testimony which the apostle quotes out of the law, and his ren dering thereof. The words in the original, Exod. xxv. 40, are, | " | N"^ nna n&o nns-i^K DTMana ng^ij "And look" (or "take heed") " and make after their pattern which was showed thee in the mount." The apostle adds vdvra, "all things;" which is not in the original, nor in the version of the LXX. But, (1.) He might take it from verse 9 of the chapter, where the word is expressed, ^K. "isp S ?b3 ^nis ns-ip ; _ according unto all that I shall show thee." (2.) Things indefinitely expressed are to be expounded universally : 1 Kings viii. 39, "And to give to every man according to his ways;" that is, 2 Chron. vi. 30, "and render to every man according to all his ways." Deut. xix. 15, "At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established;" that is, 2 Cor. xiii. 1, " shall every word be established." Ps. ex. 1, " Until I make thine enemies thy footstool ;" that is, 1 Cor. xv. 25, " all