Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
Ver. 1. Then verily the first covenant] Here the apostle proveth what he had propounded,Hebrews 8:5, that this assertion might be sound, such as cannot be condemned, Titus 2:8 .
Ordinances] Gr. δικαιωματαρα justifications, viz. ceremonial, ritual, typical.
A worldly sanctuary] i.e. earthly and shadowy, opposed to true and heavenly.