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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Hebrews 9:10 - 9:10
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Which - sacrifices.
stood - consisted in [Alford]; or, “have attached to them” only things which appertain to the use of foods, etc. The rites of meats, etc., go side by side with the sacrifices [Tholuck and Wahl]; compare Col 2:16.
drinks - (Lev 10:9; Lev 11:4). Usage subsequently to the law added many observances as to meats and drinks.
washings - (Exo 29:4).
and carnal ordinances - One oldest manuscript, Syriac and Coptic, omit “and.” “Carnal ordinances” stand in apposition to “sacrifices” (Heb 9:9). Carnal (outward, affecting only the flesh) is opposed to spiritual. Contrast “flesh” with “conscience” (Heb 9:13, Heb 9:14).
imposed - as a burden (Act 15:10, Act 15:28) continually pressing heavy.
until the time of reformation - Greek, “the season of rectification,” when the reality should supersede the type (Heb 8:8-12). Compare “better,” Heb 9:23.