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

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For there was a tabernacle made the first, wherein [was] the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread which is called the sanctuary.

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And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all

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Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant

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And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat of which we cannot now speak particularly.

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Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service [of God].

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But into the second [went] the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and [for] the errors of the people:

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The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

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Which [was] a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience

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[Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the time of reformation.