Hebrews 9:1
Now even the first covenant had regulations for divine worship and for the earthly sanctuary.
Exodus 25:8
Have them build a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
Hebrews 8:2
a Minister (Officiating Priest) in the holy places and in the true tabernacle, which is erected not by man, but by the Lord.
Hebrews 9:10-11
For they [the gifts, sacrifices, and ceremonies] deal only with [clean and unclean] food and drink and various ritual washings, [mere] external regulations for the body imposed [to help the worshipers] until the time of reformation [that is, the time of the new order when Christ will establish the reality of what these things foreshadow—a better covenant].
Leviticus 18:3-4
You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, and you shall not do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes (practices, customs).
Leviticus 18:30
So keep My command: do not practice any of the repulsive customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves by them; I am the Lord your God.’”
Leviticus 22:9
Therefore the priests shall observe My ordinance, so that they will not bear sin because of it and die if they profane it; I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
Numbers 9:12
They shall leave none of it until morning nor break any of its bones; in accordance with all the statutes of the Passover they shall observe it.
Ezekiel 43:11
If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple (house), its layout, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all its statutes and do them.
Luke 1:6
They both were righteous (approved) in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception [pseudo-intellectual babble], according to the tradition [and musings] of mere men, following the
Hebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one or an attempt to institute another one [the new covenant].
Hebrews 8:13
When God speaks of “A new covenant,” He makes the first one obsolete. And whatever is becoming obsolete (out of use, annulled) and growing old is ready to disappear.