If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, there would have been no need for a second one.

By speaking of a new covenant, God has made the first one old; and anything that becomes old and worn out will soon disappear.

since they have to do only with food, drink, and various purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which apply only until the time when God will establish the new order.

Do not follow the practices of the people of Egypt, where you once lived, or of the people in the land of Canaan, where I am now taking you.

Obey my laws and do what I command. I am the LORD your God.

And the LORD said, "Obey the commands I give and do not follow the practices of the people who lived in the land before you, and do not make yourselves unclean by doing any of these things. I am the LORD your God."

"All priests shall observe the regulations that I have given. Otherwise, they will become guilty and die, because they have disobeyed the sacred regulations. I am the LORD and I make them holy.

Do not leave any of the food until the following morning and do not break any of the animal's bones. Observe the Passover according to all the regulations.

Then if they are ashamed of what they have done, explain the plan of the Temple to them: its design, its entrances and exits, its shape, the arrangement of everything, and all its rules and regulations. Write all this down for them so that they can see how everything is arranged and can carry out all the rules.

They both lived good lives in God's sight and obeyed fully all the Lord's laws and commands.

since they have to do only with food, drink, and various purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which apply only until the time when God will establish the new order.

But Christ has already come as the High Priest of the good things that are already here. The tent in which he serves is greater and more perfect; it is not a tent made by human hands, that is, it is not a part of this created world.

He serves as high priest in the Most Holy Place, that is, in the real tent which was put up by the Lord, not by human hands.

The people must make a sacred Tent for me, so that I may live among them.

See to it, then, that no one enslaves you by means of the worthless deceit of human wisdom, which comes from the teachings handed down by human beings and from the ruling spirits of the universe, and not from Christ.