Verse 1

The first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.

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  • Exod 25:8 : 8 And let them make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
  • Heb 8:2 : 2 He serves in the holy place and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man.
  • Heb 9:10-11 : 10 They are only regulations concerning food and drink and various ceremonial washings, external ordinances imposed until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.
  • Heb 8:7 : 7 If that first covenant had been without fault, there would have been no need to seek a second one.
  • Heb 8:13 : 13 By calling this covenant 'new,' he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
  • Lev 18:3-4 : 3 You must not behave like the people of Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their practices. 4 You must obey my laws and carefully keep my decrees. Live by them. I am the LORD your God.
  • Lev 18:30 : 30 So keep my charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were done before you, so you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.
  • Lev 22:9 : 9 They must keep My commands and not bear guilt by treating the holy things improperly, for if they do, they will die because of it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
  • Num 9:12 : 12 They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break any of its bones. They shall observe it according to all the statutes of the Passover.
  • Ezek 43:11 : 11 If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple—its layout, its exits and entrances, its entire form, all its statutes, all its designs, and all its instructions. Write it down in their sight, so they may observe all its design and all its statutes and carry them out.
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 Both were righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, based on human tradition and the elemental principles of the world rather than on Christ.