10 concerned only with (A)foods and drinks, (B)various [a]washings, (C)and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

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  1. Hebrews 9:10 Lit. baptisms

16 So let no one (A)judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a [a]festival or a new moon or sabbaths,

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  1. Colossians 2:16 feast day

16 who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.

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15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one (A)new man from the two, thus making peace,

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24 And he shall wash his body with water in a holy place, put on his garments, come out and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make [a]atonement for himself and for the people.

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  1. Leviticus 16:24 Lit. covering

22 let us (A)draw near with a true heart (B)in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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14 So I said, (A)“Ah, Lord God! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten (B)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has (C)abominable[a] flesh ever come into my mouth.”

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  1. Ezekiel 4:14 Ritually unclean flesh, Lev. 7:18

“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, (A)‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth: Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud—that you may eat. Nevertheless these you shall (B)not eat among those that chew the cud or those that have cloven hooves: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is [a]unclean to you; the [b]rock hyrax, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is [c]unclean to you; the hare, because it chews the cud but does not have cloven hooves, is unclean to you; and the swine, though it divides the hoof, having cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud, (C)is unclean to you. Their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch. (D)They are unclean to you.

(E)‘These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers—that you may eat. 10 But all in the seas or in the rivers that do not have fins and scales, all that move in the water or any living thing which is in the water, they are [d]an (F)abomination to you. 11 They shall be an abomination to you; you shall not eat their flesh, but you shall regard their carcasses as an abomination. 12 Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales—that shall be an abomination to you.

13 (G)‘And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 14 the kite, and the falcon after its kind; 15 every raven after its kind, 16 the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind; 17 the little owl, the fisher owl, and the screech owl; 18 the white owl, the jackdaw, and the carrion vulture; 19 the stork, the heron after its kind, the hoopoe, and the bat.

20 ‘All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you. 21 Yet these you may eat of every flying insect that creeps on all fours: those which have jointed legs above their feet with which to leap on the earth. 22 These you may eat: (H)the locust after its kind, the destroying locust after its kind, the cricket after its kind, and the grasshopper after its kind. 23 But all other flying insects which have four feet shall be an abomination to you.

Unclean Animals

24 ‘By these you shall become [e]unclean; whoever touches the carcass of any of them shall be unclean until evening; 25 whoever carries part of the carcass of any of them (I)shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening: 26 The carcass of any animal which divides the foot, but is not cloven-hoofed or does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. Everyone who touches it shall be unclean. 27 And whatever goes on its paws, among all kinds of animals that go on all fours, those are unclean to you. Whoever touches any such carcass shall be unclean until evening. 28 Whoever carries any such carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. It is unclean to you.

29 ‘These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth: the mole, (J)the mouse, and the large lizard after its kind; 30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the sand reptile, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. 31 These are unclean to you among all that creep. Whoever (K)touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening. 32 Anything on which any of them falls, when they are dead shall be [f]unclean, whether it is any item of wood or clothing or skin or sack, whatever item it is, in which any work is done, (L)it must be put in water. And it shall be unclean until evening; then it shall be clean. 33 Any (M)earthen vessel into which any of them falls (N)you shall break; and whatever is in it shall be unclean: 34 in such a vessel, any edible food upon which water falls becomes unclean, and any drink that may be drunk from it becomes unclean. 35 And everything on which a part of any such carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it is an oven or cooking stove, it shall be broken down; for they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. 36 Nevertheless a spring or a cistern, in which there is plenty of water, shall be clean, but whatever touches any such carcass becomes unclean. 37 And if a part of any such carcass falls on any planting seed which is to be sown, it remains clean. 38 But if water is put on the seed, and if a part of any such carcass falls on it, it becomes [g]unclean to you.

39 ‘And if any animal which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be (O)unclean until evening. 40 (P)He who eats of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. He also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

41 ‘And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be [h]an abomination. It shall not be eaten. 42 Whatever crawls on its belly, whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth—these you shall not eat, for they are an abomination. 43 (Q)You shall not make [i]yourselves [j]abominable with any creeping thing that creeps; nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, lest you be defiled by them. 44 For I am the Lord your (R)God. You shall therefore consecrate yourselves, and (S)you shall be holy; for I am holy. Neither shall you defile yourselves with any creeping thing that creeps on the earth. 45 (T)For I am the Lord who brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. (U)You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

46 ‘This is the law [k]of the animals and the birds and every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth, 47 (V)to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.’ ”

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  1. Leviticus 11:4 impure
  2. Leviticus 11:5 rock badger
  3. Leviticus 11:5 impure
  4. Leviticus 11:10 detestable
  5. Leviticus 11:24 impure
  6. Leviticus 11:32 impure
  7. Leviticus 11:38 impure
  8. Leviticus 11:41 detestable
  9. Leviticus 11:43 Lit. your souls
  10. Leviticus 11:43 impure
  11. Leviticus 11:46 concerning

and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,

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The Son Made Lower than Angels(A)

For He has not put (B)the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels.

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20 [a]Therefore, if you (A)died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, (B)why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— 21 (C)“Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” 22 which all concern things which perish with the using—(D)according to the commandments and doctrines of men?

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  1. Colossians 2:20 NU, M omit Therefore

Even so we, when we were children, (A)were in bondage under the elements of the world. But (B)when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, (C)born[a] (D)of a woman, (E)born under the law,

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  1. Galatians 4:4 Or made

11 But it shall be, when evening comes, that (A)he shall wash with water; and when the sun sets, he may come into the camp.

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And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man (A)shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley.

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He shall put the (A)holy linen tunic and the linen trousers on his body; he shall be girded with a linen sash, and with the linen turban he shall be attired. These are holy garments. Therefore (B)he shall wash his body in water, and put them on.

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12 (A)“Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water.

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19 for Aaron and his sons (A)shall wash their hands and their feet in water from it. 20 When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the Lord, they shall wash with water, lest they die. 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die. And (B)it shall be a [a]statute forever to them—to him and his descendants throughout their generations.”

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  1. Exodus 30:21 requirement

Do not be carried [a]about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.

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  1. Hebrews 13:9 NU, M away

The Earthly Sanctuary(A)

Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and (B)the earthly sanctuary.

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(A)of the doctrine of baptisms, (B)of laying on of hands, (C)of resurrection of the dead, (D)and of eternal judgment.

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10 that in the dispensation of (A)the fullness of the times (B)He might gather together in one (C)all things in Christ, [a]both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

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  1. Ephesians 1:10 NU, M omit both

But now (A)after you have known God, or rather are known by God, (B)how is it that you turn again to (C)the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

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13 And a voice came to him, “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.”

14 But Peter said, “Not so, Lord! (A)For I have never eaten anything common or unclean.”

15 And a voice spoke to him again the second time, (B)“What God has [a]cleansed you must not call common.”

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  1. Acts 10:15 Declared clean

When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.

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Clean and Unclean Meat(A)

(B)“You shall not eat any [a]detestable thing. (C)These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the [b]mountain goat, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. And you may eat every animal with cloven hooves, having the hoof split into two parts, and that chews the cud, among the animals. Nevertheless, of those that chew the cud or have cloven hooves, you shall not eat, such as these: the camel, the hare, and the rock hyrax; for they chew the cud but do not have cloven hooves; they are unclean for you. Also the swine is unclean for you, because it has cloven hooves, yet does not chew the cud; you shall not eat their flesh (D)or touch their dead carcasses.

(E)“These you may eat of all that are in the waters: you may eat all that have fins and scales. 10 And whatever does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you.

11 “All clean birds you may eat. 12 (F)But these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 13 the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after their kinds; 14 every raven after its kind; 15 the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds; 16 the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl, 17 the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl, 18 the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat.

19 “Also (G)every [c]creeping thing that flies is unclean for you; (H)they shall not be eaten.

20 “You may eat all clean birds.

21 (I)“You shall not eat anything that dies of itself; you may give it to the alien who is within your gates, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner; (J)for you are a holy people to the Lord your God.

(K)You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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  1. Deuteronomy 14:3 abominable
  2. Deuteronomy 14:5 Or addax
  3. Deuteronomy 14:19 swarming

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