Revelation Chapter 15 verse 5 Holy Bible
And after these things I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
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And after these things I saw, and the house of the Tent of witness in heaven was open:
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And after these things I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of witness in the heaven was opened;
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And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
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After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.
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And after these things I saw, and lo, opened was the sanctuary of the tabernacle of the testimony in the heaven;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - And after that I looked, and, behold; and after these things 1 saw. The characteristic commencement of a new vision or portion of a vision (see on Revelation 4:1, etc.). The temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. The tabernacle had its counterpart in heaven (Hebrews 8:5). In Exodus 25:16, 21 we have the reason of the title "tabernacle of the testimony" - a name which is common in the Bible (see Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50, 53; Numbers 9:15; Numbers 10:11). The "temple" is the ναός, the inner shrine, the holy of holies which contained the ark of the testimony, which in Revelation 11:1.9 is seen in connection with the judgments of God. Thence now proceed the angels bearing the plagues for men.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) And after that . . .--Better, And after these things I saw, and there was opened the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony (or, witness) in the heaven. This temple is called the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony; the expression sounds cumbrous, but it is nevertheless suitable. St. Stephen spoke of "the tabernacle of witness" in the wilderness, which was made after the pattern showed in the mount (Acts 7:44). The tabernacle was well called the tabernacle of witness, for it contained the ark of the testimony with the Law of God, and was a perpetual witness of God's presence among His people. The temple of the tabernacle then is the shrine, or inner sanctuary, of the heavenly true tabernacle, after the pattern of which the tabernacle of Moses was fashioned, which is now opened.
