Hebrews 9:10

They are only concerned with food and drink and various ceremonial washings, regulations for the body until the time of the new order.

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In The King James Version

Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.

In Context

9This was an illustration for the present time. Both the gifts and sacrifices that are now being offered are not able to perfect the worshiper's conscience.

11Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come. He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that was not made by human hands, one not belonging to this created world. + 9:11 Other versions read, Christ came as a high priest of the good things that are to come .

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Cross References

Exodus 30:19Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet with the water in it.

Leviticus 11:2“Speak to the people of Israel, saying, 'These are the living things which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth.

Leviticus 14:8The person who is being cleansed will wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water, and then he will be clean. After that he must come into the camp, but he will live outside his tent for seven days.

Leviticus 16:24He must bathe his body in water in a holy place, and put on his normal garments; then he must go out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering for the people, and in this way make atonement for himself and for the people.

Leviticus 22:6then the priest who touches anything unclean will be unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy things, unless he has bathed his body in water.

Deuteronomy 14:3You must not eat any abominable thing.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 9:9-15

The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: 9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ… Read the whole commentary →

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