Hebrews 9:10

⁸ By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

⁹ It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

¹¹ But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.

¹² He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

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: They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
KJV: Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
WEB: being only (with foods and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
ASV: [being] only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
DARBY: [consisting] only of meats and drinks and divers washings, ordinances of flesh, imposed until [the] time of setting things right.
BLB: [consisting] only in foods and drinks and various washings—ordinances of the flesh being imposed until the time of reformation.

ÅB: som dog ikke makter å gjøre den fullkommen etter samvittigheten som tjener Gud, men som bare, sammen med mat og drikke og alle slags tvetninger, er kjødelige forskrifter, pålagt inntil tiden kom til å sette alt i rette skikk.
OTB: Disse er bare forskrifter angående mat, drikke og forskjellige seremonielle vaskinger—ytre forskrifter pålagt inntil tiden for reformasjon.
B1930: som dog ikke makter å gjøre den fullkommen efter samvittigheten som tjener Gud, men som bare, sammen med mat og drikke og alle slags tvetninger, er kjødelige forskrifter, pålagt inntil tiden kom til å sette alt i rette skikk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Colossians 2:16
Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
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Ephesians 2:15
by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace
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Hebrews 7:16
one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
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Leviticus 11:2–47
“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
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Hebrews 2:5
For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
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Deuteronomy 23:11
When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
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Hebrews 9:1
Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
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Leviticus 16:24
He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make atonement for himself and for the people.
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