Hebrews 9:1 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹ Now even the first Agreement had regulations for [governing] service [to God] and an earthly sanctuary.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW EVEN the first covenant had its own rules and regulations for divine worship, and it had a sanctuary [but one] of this world. [Exod. 25:10-40.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world.

Common English Bible

¹ So then the first covenant had regulations for the priests’ service and the holy place on earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Certainly, the former also had the justifications of worship and a holy place for that age.

Hebrews 9:1 Cross References

Luke 1:6

They both did what was right in God’s sight [by] living blamelessly according to all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

Romans 9:4

the Israelites. These people are God’s adopted children; they have [experienced] His glorious presence; they have [received] His Agreements; they have been given the Law of Moses; they possess the [Temple] service and the promises [of God].

Colossians 2:8

Pay attention so that no one takes you [spiritually] captive through his philosophy and empty deception based on human tradition, according to the principles of the world and not according to Christ.

Hebrews 8:13

[So], by saying “a New Agreement,” God has made the first one obsolete. And that which is becoming obsolete and getting aged is ready to [completely] disappear.

Hebrews 8:2

He is a minister in the sanctuary, [serving about holy things] in the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man [Note: This sanctuary/tabernacle represents either heaven or the church].

Hebrews 8:7

For if that first Agreement had been faultless, then there would have been no need for a second one.

Hebrews 9:24

For Christ did not enter the Holy of Holies made by hand, which is [only] a counterpart of the true one, but into heaven itself, where He now appears in God’s presence for us. [See verse 12].