“Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.”
Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness — the chapter shifts from the new covenant's superiority to detailed description of the old tabernacle system. Regulations (dikaiōmata) for worship establish the external structure through which Israel approached God. The earthly sanctuary (hagion kosmikon) is real and divinely appointed but ultimately a shadow of the true tent.
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