²⁸ If a clay pot is used to boil the sacrificial meat, it must then be broken. If a bronze pot is used, it must be scoured and thoroughly rinsed with water.

³³ “If such an animal falls into a clay pot, everything in the pot will be defiled, and the pot must be smashed.

¹² Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.

⁹ This is an illustration pointing to the present time. For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people who bring them. ¹⁰ For that old system deals only with food and drink and various cleansing ceremonies—physical regulations that were in effect only until a better system could be established.