Hebrews 9:10

being only (with foods and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

World English Bible

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 is a symbol of the present age, where gifts and sacrifices are offered that are incapable, concerning the conscience, of making the worshiper perfect,

11But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

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Cross References

Exodus 30:19Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.

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

Leviticus 14:8“He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.

Leviticus 16:24Then he shall bathe himself in water in a holy place, put on his garments, and come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

Leviticus 22:6the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.

Deuteronomy 14:3You shall 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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