9:24 figures (g-13) 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 (h-24) Lit. 'to the face.'

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