24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands—the representation of the true sanctuary—but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.
24 For the Christ is not entered into holy places made with hand, figuresD9095 of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear beforeD9096 the face of God for us:
figures - Antitupos, meaning the impression made by a die or stamp (tupos). The heavenly things were the original, 'the pattern,' copied (ch. 8.5), and so it was, as said to Moses. Hence they were the tupos; the tabernacle antitupos, here rendered 'figure,' what answered to it. before - Lit. 'to the face.'
24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
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