Heb 9:6-8 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Heb 9:6-8: 9:6-8 The worship practices in the Holy Place, the first room of the Tabernacle (9:2 ), were the duty of the priests, who kept the lamps lit and the sacred loaves of bread replenished (Exod 27:20-21 ; Lev 24:8 ).

cExod 27:20-21►

dLev 24:8►

fLev 16:1-25►

‏ Hebrews 9:6-8

Summary for Heb 9:6-8: 9:6-8 ^a The worship practices in the Holy Place, the first room of the Tabernacle (9:2 ^b), were the duty of the priests, who kept the lamps lit and the sacred loaves of bread replenished (Exod 27:20-21 ^c; Lev 24:8 ^d).
9:7 ^e The yearly duty was carried out on the Day of Atonement, when the high priest offered sacrifices for the sins not covered by other sacrifices during the previous year (Lev 16:1-25 ^f).
9:8 ^g was not freely open: Free entrance into the presence of God was not available to all of the people under the old covenant system.

• The outer room of the Tabernacle, which served as a sacred barrier keeping the people from the presence of God in the Most Holy Place, was symbolic of the whole system. Under that system, people were kept out of God’s presence rather than led into it.