<p>8:5 <i>Who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned when he is about to make the tabernacle. For He said: See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain</i>- The &quot;pattern&quot; is therefore taken by Paul to imply that the tabernacle system was a copy or reflection of the heavenly tabernacle (9:23,24), with the priests reflecting the work of the Angels; hence <i>elohim</i> is used of both priests and Angels. Judaism even called the tabernacle 'the heavenlies', but Paul's point is that it was only a &quot;copy and shadow&quot; of them, and the Lord Jesus is dealing with the ultimate realities which were only dimly reflected in the tabernacle system. The priests 'served' the copy of these things; but the Lord serves us.</p>