Hebrews 9:1

Therefore the first covenant had also rites of worship and a worldly sanctuary.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

In Context

2For there was a tabernacle prepared; the first part, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the loaves set on it, which is called the sanctuary.

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Cross References

Luke 1:6And they were both righteous in the sight of God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Hebrews 8:2a minister of holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord hath raised, and not man.

Hebrews 8:13Now by saying, a new covenant, He hath antiquated the first: and what is antiquated, and groweth old, is near it's exit.

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 →

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