Heb 9:1, 9-12, 23, 12:18, 22, 28 | ESV | STEP | Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness .

Hebrews 9:1

The Earthly Holy Place

1 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and ^aan earthly place of holiness.

Hebrews 9:9-12

9 (which is symbolic for the present age). ^{▼▼Or which is symbolic for the age then present} According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered ^cthat cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10 but deal only with ^dfood and drink and ^evarious washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest ^fof the good things that have come, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts good things to come} then through ^hthe greater and more perfect tent ( ⁱnot made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he ^jentered ^konce for all into the holy places, not by means of ^lthe blood of goats and calves but ^mby means of his own blood, ⁿthus securing an eternal redemption.

Hebrews 9:23

23 Thus it was necessary for ^othe copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 12:18

A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

18 For you have not come to ^pwhat may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest

Hebrews 12:22

22 But you have come to ^qMount Zion and to the city of the living God, ^rthe heavenly Jerusalem, and to ^sinnumerable angels in festal gathering,

Hebrews 12:28

28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving ^ta kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus ^ulet us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,