Hebrews 9:10
For they [the gifts, sacrifices, and ceremonies] deal only with [clean and unclean] food and drink and various ritual washings, [mere] external regulations for the body imposed [to help the worshipers] until the time of reformation [that is, the time of the new order when Christ will establish the reality of what these things foreshadow—a better covenant].
Colossians 2:16
Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
Hebrews 7:16
who has become a priest, not on the basis of a
Leviticus 11:2-47
“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Among all the animals which are on the earth, these are the animals which you may eat.
Exodus 29:4
Then bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting [out where the basin is] and wash them with water.
Exodus 30:19-21
Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.
Exodus 40:12
Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
Leviticus 14:8-9
The one to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water; and he shall be clean. After that he may come into the camp, but he shall stay outside of his tent for seven days.
Leviticus 16:4
He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his body, and he shall be belted with the linen sash, and dressed with the linen turban (these are the holy garments). He shall bathe his body in water and put them on.
Leviticus 16:24
He shall bathe his body with water in a holy place and put on his clothes, and come out and offer his burnt offering and that of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.
Leviticus 17:15-16
Every person who eats an animal which dies [of natural causes] or was torn by a predator, whether he is native-born or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be [ceremonially] unclean until evening; then he will become clean.
Leviticus 22:6
the person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
Numbers 19:7-21
Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; and afterward come into the camp, but he shall be [ceremonially] unclean until evening.
Deuteronomy 14:3-21
“You shall not eat anything that is detestable [to the Lord and forbidden by Him].
Deuteronomy 21:6
All the elders of that city nearest to the dead man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;
Deuteronomy 23:11
But when evening comes, he shall bathe in water, and at sundown he may return to the camp.
Ezekiel 4:14
But I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold (hear me), I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died on its own or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth.”
Mark 7:4
and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they
Acts 10:13-15
A voice came to him, “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
Galatians 4:3-4
So also we [whether Jews or Gentiles], when we were children (spiritually immature), were kept like slaves under the elementary [man-made religious or philosophical] teachings of the world.
Galatians 4:9
Now, however, since you have come to know [the true] God [through personal experience], or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elemental principles [of religions and philosophies], to which you want to be enslaved all over again?
Ephesians 1:10
with regard to the fulfillment of the times [that is, the end of history, the climax of the ages]—to bring all things together in Christ, [both] things in the heavens and things on the earth.
Ephesians 2:15
by abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the hostility caused by the Law with its commandments contained in ordinances [which He satisfied]; so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thereby establishing peace.
Colossians 2:20-22
If you have died with Christ to the
Hebrews 2:5
It was not to angels that God subjected the [inhabited] world of the future [when Christ reigns], about which we are speaking.
Hebrews 6:2
of teaching about washings (ritual purifications), the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. [These are all important matters in which you should have been proficient long ago.]
Hebrews 6:5
and have tasted and consciously experienced the good word of God and the powers of the age (world) to come,
Hebrews 9:1
Now even the first covenant had regulations for divine worship and for the earthly sanctuary.
Hebrews 10:22
let us approach [God] with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 13:9
Do not be carried away by diverse and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and strengthened by grace and not by foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no benefit or spiritual growth to those who observe them.