Hebrews 9:1
It is true that even the first Covenant had its regulations for divine worship, and its Sanctuary — though only a material one.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
In Context
Cross References
Luke 1:6They were both righteous people, who lived blameless lives, guiding their steps by all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
Hebrews 8:2where he ministers in the Sanctuary, in that true Tabernacle set up by the Lord and not by man.
Hebrews 8:13By speaking of a ‘new’ Covenant, God at once renders the former Covenant obsolete; and whatever becomes obsolete and loses its force is virtually annulled.
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 →