A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
Ver. 2. A minister of the sanctuary] λειτουργος. Or, a public officer, an agent for the saints, about holy things.
Which the Lord pitched] Christ's body was conceived in the virgin's womb, not by human generation, but by divine operation. SeeHebrews 9:11; John 1:14. He was the stone cut out of the mountain without hands,Daniel 2:34; the rose of Sharon that grows without man's care, Song of Solomon 2:1 .