Hebrews 9:1
The former system had instructions as to how to worship, and an earthly sanctuary.
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In The King James Version
Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
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Exodus 25:8They are to make me a sanctuary so I can live among them.
Leviticus 18:30You must accept my demand that you don't follow any of these disgusting practices done before you arrived. Don't pollute yourselves and make yourselves unclean. I am the Lord your God.”
Numbers 9:12You must not leave any of it until the following morning and you must not break any of its bones. You must observe the Passover according to all the regulations.
Luke 1:6They both did what was right before God, being careful to follow all the Lord's commandments and regulations.
Hebrews 8:2He serves in the sanctuary, the true Tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not by human beings.
Hebrews 8:13By saying, “A new agreed relationship,” he makes the first agreement out-of-date. The one that's old and worn out has almost disappeared.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 9:1
The apostle, having declared the Old-Testament dispensation antiquated and vanishing away, proceeds to let the Hebrews see the correspondence there was between the Old Testament and the New; and that whatever was excellent in the Old was typical and representative of the New, which therefore must as far excel the Old as the substance does the shadow. The Old Testament was never intended to be rested in, but to prepare for the institutions of the gospel. And here he treats, I. Of the tabernacle, the place of… Read the whole commentary →