Hebrews 9:10,Hebrews 9:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 9:10

Rendered in A.V.," Which stood only in ( μόνον ἐπὶ ) meats and drinks and divers washings, and carnal ordinances [ καὶ δικαιώμασι σαρκὸς , Textus Receptus], imposed on them ( ἐπικείμενα ) until the time of reformation." This is a satisfactory rendering of the Textus Receptus, ἐπὶ before "meats," etc., being taken in the sense of dependence , and ἐπικείμενα necessarily as agreeing with "gifts and sacrifices" ( δῶρα τε καὶ θυσίαι ) in Hebrews 9:9 .... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:10

Which stood only in meats and drinks - The idea is, that the ordinances of the Jews, in connection with the services of religion, consisted much of laws pertaining to what was lawful to eat and drink, etc. A considerable part of those laws related to the distinction between clean and unclean beasts, and to such arrangements as were designed to keep them externally distinct from other nations. It is possible also that there may be a reference here to meat and drink offerings. On the grammatical... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 9:8-10

Hebrews 9:8-10. The Holy Ghost By whom the Mosaic ritual was prescribed; signifying By this difficulty of entrance, and the necessity of the incense-cloud and the atoning blood; that the way into the holiest of all Namely, into heaven, the place of God’s immediate presence, represented by the inward tabernacle; was not yet made manifest Not so clearly and fully revealed; while the first tabernacle, and its service, was yet standing Retained its station and use: or, in other words,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Hebrews 9:1-10

Priestly work under the old covenant (9:1-10)Before discussing Christ’s priestly work further, the writer describes the tabernacle and its furniture (see introductory notes). The golden altar of incense, though kept in the Holy Place, was connected with the ark of the covenant in the ritual of the Day of Atonement (see Exodus 30:6; Leviticus 16:12-14,Leviticus 16:18-19). This may be why the writer mentions it as belonging to the Most Holy Place. He also mentions the three objects kept in the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Hebrews 9:10

in = upon. Greek. epi . App-104 . washings . Greek. baptismos. App-115 . Carnal, &c . i.e. rites and ceremonies. Compare Acts 15:10 . imposed on . Greek. epikeimai. See Luke 23:23 . reformation . Greek. diorthosis . Only here. In this verse is the Figure of speech Antimereia ( App-6 ). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 9:10

10. Which —sacrifices. stood —consisted in [ALFORD]; or, "have attached to them" only things which appertain to the use of foods, c. The rites of meats, &c., go side by side with the sacrifices [THOLUCK and WAHL] compare :-. drinks— (Leviticus 10:9; Leviticus 11:4). Usage subsequently to the law added many observances as to meats and drinks. washings— (Leviticus 11:4- :). and carnal ordinances—One oldest manuscript, Syriac and Coptic, omit "and." "Carnal ordinances" stand in apposition to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 9:1-10

The heavenly sanctuary 9:1-10"In case any of the readers should think that the writer was underestimating the old, he now outlines some of the glories of the old tabernacle. He is impressed by the orderliness of the arrangements within the Levitical cultus, and aims to present this in order to demonstrate the greater glory of the new." [Note: Guthrie, p. 178.] In this pericope the writer concentrated on the tabernacle and its provisions for cultic worship. "Cultic" refers to the rituals... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Hebrews 9:6-10

He passed on to the "regulations of divine service" (Hebrews 9:1) in the Old Covenant to show its inferiority further. The "outer tabernacle" is the holy place (Hebrews 9:6), and "the second" is the holy of holies (Hebrews 9:7). The high priest entered the holy of holies only once a year on the Day of Atonement to offer the special sacrifices for that day (Leviticus 16:2). His offering then covered those sins of the people that they committed ignorantly as opposed to those they committed in... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 9:1-28

The New Covenant and the Sacrifice of ChristHebrews 9:1 to Hebrews 10:39. The writer now proceeds to elaborate in greater detail the contrast between the old covenant and the new. The old covenant had its tabernacle with furniture and elaborate ceremonial and continual series of sacrifices, culminating in the annual visit of the high priest to the inner chamber of the tabernacle with sacrificial blood. But these very ceremonies implied the impossibility of communion with God, and were unable to... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Hebrews 9:10

(10) Which stood only in . . .—Better, only joined with meats and drinks and divers washings,—carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation. Here again the best authorities correct the received Greek text, omitting “and” before the word “carnal,” and so altering the next word as to make it descriptive of the “gifts and sacrifices” mentioned in Hebrews 9:9. These sacrifices—looked at in themselves, as powerless to attain the end designed (Hebrews 10:1; Hebrews 10:4)—are mere appendages... read more