Hebrews 9:1

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

² For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.

³ And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;

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 let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
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Hebrews 9:10–11
Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
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Hebrews 8:2
A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
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Leviticus 18:30
Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 22:9
They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
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Leviticus 18:3–4
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
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Ezekiel 43:11
And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
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Hebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
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