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.

这些事，连那饮食和诸般洗濯的规矩，都不过是属肉体的条例，命定到振兴的时候为止。

这些事只不过是有关饮食和各种洁净的规矩，是属肉体的条例，它的功效是直到新次序的时期来到为止。

这些事只不过是有关饮食和各种洁净的规矩，是属肉体的条例，它的功效是直到新次序的时期来到为止。

因为这些不过是关于饮食和各样洁净礼仪的外在规条，等新秩序的时代一到，便不再有效了。

这些只是关于饮食和各样洁净的礼仪，是在“更新的时候”来到之前，为肉体立的规例。

因为这些只是关于饮食和各种洗净礼，是属肉体的规定，一直实施到更新的时候为止。

這些事，連那飲食和諸般洗濯的規矩，都不過是屬肉體的條例，命定到振興的時候為止。

這些事只不過是有關飲食和各種潔淨的規矩，是屬肉體的條例，它的功效是直到新次序的時期來到為止。

這些事只不過是有關飲食和各種潔淨的規矩，是屬肉體的條例，它的功效是直到新次序的時期來到為止。

因為這些不過是關於飲食和各樣潔淨禮儀的外在規條，等新秩序的時代一到，便不再有效了。

這些只是關於飲食和各樣潔淨的禮儀，是在“更新的時候”來到之前，為肉體立的規例。

只是關於飲食和幾樣不同的洗濯、不過是屬肉身的律例、制定着到改正時期為止罷了。

因為這些只是關於飲食和各種洗淨禮，是屬肉體的規定，一直實施到更新的時候為止。

夫禮也祭也、以及飲食盥濯、僅為形軀之儀、其設立也、乃待振興之時耳、○

故崇事者、心不安、亦有儀文、論食飲盥濯、為古所設、迄於振興之日則止、

俱為世俗世俗原文作肉體之儀文、與飲食及諸盥濯之規例、皆設立至振興之時乃止者也、

蓋此等飲食盥滌之規、僅屬外表儀式、舊時所設、而有待乎革新者也。

They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings— external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

They deal only with food and drink and different kinds of special washings. They are rules people had to obey only until the new covenant came.

but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of the new order.

since they relate only to food, drink, and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation.

concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.

being only( with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

They are physical regulations and only deal with food, drink, and various washings imposed until the time of restoration.

[ Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed[ on them] until the time of reformation.

They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.

being only( with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.

So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths.

let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come—

“ Give the following instructions to the people of Israel.“ Of all the land animals, these are the ones you may use for food.You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud.You may not, however, eat the following animals that have split hooves or that chew the cud, but not both. The camel chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is ceremonially unclean for you.The hyrax chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.The hare chews the cud but does not have split hooves, so it is unclean.The pig has evenly split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is unclean.You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses. They are ceremonially unclean for you.“ Of all the marine animals, these are ones you may use for food. You may eat anything from the water if it has both fins and scales, whether taken from salt water or from streams.But you must never eat animals from the sea or from rivers that do not have both fins and scales. They are detestable to you. This applies both to little creatures that live in shallow water and to all creatures that live in deep water.They will always be detestable to you. You must never eat their meat or even touch their dead bodies.Any marine animal that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you.“ These are the birds that are detestable to you. You must never eat them: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,the kite, falcons of all kinds,ravens of all kinds,the eagle owl, the short eared owl, the seagull, hawks of all kinds,the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,the barn owl, the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture,the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.“ You must not eat winged insects that walk along the ground; they are detestable to you.You may, however, eat winged insects that walk along the ground and have jointed legs so they can jump.The insects you are permitted to eat include all kinds of locusts, bald locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers.All other winged insects that walk along the ground are detestable to you.“ The following creatures will make you ceremonially unclean. If any of you touch their carcasses, you will be defiled until evening.If you pick up their carcasses, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.“ Any animal that has split hooves that are not evenly divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled.Of the animals that walk on all fours, those that have paws are unclean. If you touch the carcass of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.If you pick up its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening. These animals are unclean for you.“ Of the small animals that scurry along the ground, these are unclean for you: the mole rat, the rat, large lizards of all kinds,the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.All these small animals are unclean for you. If any of you touch the dead body of such an animal, you will be defiled until evening.If such an animal dies and falls on something, that object will be unclean. This is true whether the object is made of wood, cloth, leather, or burlap. Whatever its use, you must dip it in water, and it will remain defiled until evening. After that, it will be ceremonially clean and may be used again.“ If such an animal falls into a clay pot, everything in the pot will be defiled, and the pot must be smashed.If the water from such a container spills on any food, the food will be defiled. And any beverage in such a container will be defiled.Any object on which the carcass of such an animal falls will be defiled. If it is an oven or hearth, it must be destroyed, for it is defiled, and you must treat it accordingly.“ However, if the carcass of such an animal falls into a spring or a cistern, the water will still be clean. But anyone who touches the carcass will be defiled.If the carcass falls on seed grain to be planted in the field, the seed will still be considered clean.But if the seed is wet when the carcass falls on it, the seed will be defiled.“ If an animal you are permitted to eat dies and you touch its carcass, you will be defiled until evening.If you eat any of its meat or carry away its carcass, you must wash your clothes, and you will remain defiled until evening.“ All small animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them.This includes all animals that slither along on their bellies, as well as those with four legs and those with many feet. All such animals that scurry along the ground are detestable, and you must never eat them.Do not defile yourselves by touching them. You must not make yourselves ceremonially unclean because of them.For I am the Lord your God. You must consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. So do not defile yourselves with any of these small animals that scurry along the ground.For I, the Lord, am the one who brought you up from the land of Egypt, that I might be your God. Therefore, you must be holy because I am holy.“ These are the instructions regarding land animals, birds, marine creatures, and animals that scurry along the ground.By these instructions you will know what is unclean and clean, and which animals may be eaten and which may not be eaten.”

“ Present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and wash them with water.

He must put on his linen tunic and the linen undergarments worn next to his body. He must tie the linen sash around his waist and put the linen turban on his head. These are sacred garments, so he must bathe himself in water before he puts them on.

You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as,“ Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”?Such rules are mere human teachings about things that deteriorate as we use them.

“ The elders of the town must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken.

Toward evening he must bathe himself, and at sunset he may return to the camp.

So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them.

And that’s the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world.But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.

Then I said,“ O Sovereign Lord, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled before. From the time I was a child until now I have never eaten any animal that died of sickness or was killed by other animals. I have never eaten any meat forbidden by the law.”

And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ— everything in heaven and on earth.

He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups.

Then he must bathe himself with water in a sacred place, put on his regular garments, and go out to sacrifice a burnt offering for himself and a burnt offering for the people. Through this process, he will purify himself and the people, making them right with the Lord.

“ And if any native born Israelites or foreigners eat the meat of an animal that died naturally or was torn up by wild animals, they must wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. They will remain ceremonially unclean until evening, but then they will be clean.But if they do not wash their clothes and bathe themselves, they will be punished for their sin.”

“ Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water. Afterward he may return to the camp, though he will remain ceremonially unclean until evening.The man who burns the animal must also wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and he, too, will remain unclean until evening.Then someone who is ceremonially clean will gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them in a purified place outside the camp. They will be kept there for the community of Israel to use in the water for the purification ceremony. This ceremony is performed for the removal of sin.The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will remain ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent law for the people of Israel and any foreigners who live among them.“ All those who touch a dead human body will be ceremonially unclean for seven days.They must purify themselves on the third and seventh days with the water of purification; then they will be purified. But if they do not do this on the third and seventh days, they will continue to be unclean even after the seventh day.All those who touch a dead body and do not purify themselves in the proper way defile the Lord’s Tabernacle, and they will be cut off from the community of Israel. Since the water of purification was not sprinkled on them, their defilement continues.“ This is the ritual law that applies when someone dies inside a tent: All those who enter that tent and those who were inside when the death occurred will be ceremonially unclean for seven days.Any open container in the tent that was not covered with a lid is also defiled.And if someone in an open field touches the corpse of someone who was killed with a sword or who died a natural death, or if someone touches a human bone or a grave, that person will be defiled for seven days.“ To remove the defilement, put some of the ashes from the burnt purification offering in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.Then someone who is ceremonially clean must take a hyssop branch and dip it into the water. That person must sprinkle the water on the tent, on all the furnishings in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent; also on the person who touched a human bone, or touched someone who was killed or who died naturally, or touched a grave.On the third and seventh days the person who is ceremonially clean must sprinkle the water on those who are defiled. Then on the seventh day the people being cleansed must wash their clothes and bathe themselves, and that evening they will be cleansed of their defilement.“ But those who become defiled and do not purify themselves will be cut off from the community, for they have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Since the water of purification has not been sprinkled on them, they remain defiled.This is a permanent law for the people. Those who sprinkle the water of purification must afterward wash their clothes, and anyone who then touches the water used for purification will remain defiled until evening.

And furthermore, it is not angels who will control the future world we are talking about.

“ The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to the camp. However, they must remain outside their tents for seven days.On the seventh day they must again shave all the hair from their heads, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows. They must also wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean.

Then a voice said to him,“ Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.”“ No, Lord,” Peter declared.“ I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean.”But the voice spoke again:“ Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.”

So now that you know God( or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?

Similarly, they don’t eat anything from the market until they immerse their hands in water. This is but one of many traditions they have clung to— such as their ceremonial washing of cups, pitchers, and kettles.)

“ You must not eat any detestable animals that are ceremonially unclean.These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the addax, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.“ You may eat any animal that has completely split hooves and chews the cud,but if the animal doesn’t have both, it may not be eaten. So you may not eat the camel, the hare, or the hyrax. They chew the cud but do not have split hooves, so they are ceremonially unclean for you.And you may not eat the pig. It has split hooves but does not chew the cud, so it is ceremonially unclean for you. You may not eat the meat of these animals or even touch their carcasses.“ Of all the marine animals, you may eat whatever has both fins and scales.You may not, however, eat marine animals that do not have both fins and scales. They are ceremonially unclean for you.“ You may eat any bird that is ceremonially clean.These are the birds you may not eat: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,the kite, the falcon, buzzards of all kinds,ravens of all kinds,the eagle owl, the short eared owl, the seagull, hawks of all kinds,the little owl, the great owl, the barn owl,the desert owl, the Egyptian vulture, the cormorant,the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.“ All winged insects that walk along the ground are ceremonially unclean for you and may not be eaten.But you may eat any winged bird or insect that is ceremonially clean.“ You must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the Lord your God.“ You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

You don’t need further instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

“ Present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and wash them with water.

Aaron and his sons will wash their hands and feet there.They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the Lord and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the Lord— or they will die!They must always wash their hands and feet, or they will die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and his descendants, to be observed from generation to generation.”

The man who is defiled in any of these ways will remain unclean until evening. He may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has bathed himself in water.

That first covenant between God and Israel had regulations for worship and a place of worship here on earth.