10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
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Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. …
Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-14)In these verses the apostle undertakes to deliver to us the mind and meaning of the Holy Ghost in all the ordinances of the tabernacle and legal economy, comprehending both place and worship. The scriptures of the Old Testament were given by inspiration of God; holy men of old spoke and wrote as the Holy Ghost directed them. And these Old-Testament records are of great use and significancy, not on…
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