Hebrews 9:1
Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
2 A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
- KJV
- Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
- WEB
- Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and an earthly sanctuary.
- ASV
- Now even a first [covenant] had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, [a sanctuary] of this world.
- DARBY
- The first therefore also indeed had ordinances of service, and the sanctuary, a worldly one.
- BLB
- Therefore also indeed, the first had ordinances of sacred service and a worldly sanctuary.
- ÅB
- Nå hadde vel og den første pakt sine forskrifter for gudstjenesten og sin jordiske helligdom
- OTB
- Nå inkluderte den første pakten forskrifter for guddommelig tilbedelse og en jordisk helligdom.
- B1930
- Nu hadde vel og den første pakt sine forskrifter for gudstjenesten og sin jordiske helligdom
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 25:8
And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
Read in contextHebrews 9:10–11
They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
Read in contextHebrews 8:2
and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:30
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
Read in contextLeviticus 22:9
The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:3–4
You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
Read in contextEzekiel 43:11
and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
Read in contextHebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
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