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Janice P - Words Beyond Me's avatar

Barbara,

Below are some passages to start with. Jesus, our great high priest, made it possible for us to enter the Holy of holies, the place of the mercy seat, and receive mercy, signified by the tearing of the veil from top to bottom, i.e, from heaven to earth.

“You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and you shall bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall separate for you the holy place and the Holy of Holies. You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the Holy of Holies.”

— Exodus 26:33-34

And Yahweh said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, so that he will not die; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.”

— Leviticus 16:2

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy places once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

— Hebrews 9:11-12

And behold, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.

— Matthew 27:51

(LSB)

Hope this helps.

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Barbara ( Portlander😵‍💫)'s avatar

Thank you. I’ve not see. LSB translation. It is confusing to me that there are so many.

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Janice P - Words Beyond Me's avatar

Yes, it can be confusing. I had used the New American Standard for over 20 years because in my research I discovered it to be the most accurate word-for-word translation, as opposed to a thought-for-thought or paraphrase. I came across the Legacy Standard Bible recently and learned it is related to the NAS: https://lsbible.org/. As I’ve compared the versions, one main difference I see is that “Yahweh” is used for God’s name in the LSB. This is all explained on the website.

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Barbara ( Portlander😵‍💫)'s avatar

Thank you. I will check the website out. I looked at the Bible app I use and that translation is there. I downloaded it and can do a side by side comparison

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Fla Mom's avatar

Barbara, you may also find Biblehub.com to be helpful. It allows you to look at verses in parallel, in several translations at once, verse by verse, and it also has a way to jump to a lexicon or interlinear version to see more about each word, to perhaps see why a translator chose a particular word in translation.

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