Hebrews 9:23

patterns Rather, "copies," or outlines Abbilden(not Urbilden), Hebrews 4:11; Hebrews 8:5.

the heavenly things themselves Not "the New Covenant," or "the Church," or "ourselves as heirs of heaven," but apparently the Ideal Tabernacle in the Heavens, which was itself impure before Him to whom "the very heavens are not clean." If this conception seem remote we must suppose that by the figure called Zeugmathe verb "purified" passes into the sense of "handselled," "dedicated."

with better sacrifices than these The plural is here only used generically to express a class. He is alluding to the onetranscendent sacrifice.