The Daily Audio Bible

9 Then, indeed, the first Testament had ordinances of religion, and a worldly sanctuary,

² For the first Tabernacle was made - in which was the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread - which is called the Holy Place.

³ And after the second veil, the Tabernacle - which is called the Holiest of All -

⁴ which had the golden censer and the Ark of the Testament, overlaid all around with gold (in which was the golden pot which had manna and Aaron’s rod that had budded and the tables of the Testament).

⁵ And over the Ark were the glorious cherubims shadowing the mercy seat, of which we will not now speak particularly.

⁶ Now when these things were thus prepared, the priest always went into the first Tabernacle and completed the service.

⁷ But only the High Priest went into the second - once every year - and not without blood (which he offered for himself and for the people’s sins of ignorance).

⁸ By this, the Holy Ghost signified that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing.

⁹ It was a symbol of that present time in which was offered gifts and sacrifices that could not make the worshiper holy concerning the conscience,

¹⁰ but consisted only of foods and drinks and diverse washings and carnal rituals imposed until the time of reformation.