# Connecting Statement:

The author begins a description of the place in which God's faithful people worshiped during the time of the old covenant. He is describing a "tabernacle," a place where people dwell, in which there are two sections, each of which he also calls a tabernacle.

# General Information:

The writer makes clear to these Jewish believers that the laws and the tabernacle of the old covenant were only pictures of the better, new covenant.

# Now

This word marks a new part of the teaching.

# first covenant

See how you translated this in [Hebrews 8:7](../08/07.md).

# had regulations

"had detailed instructions" or "had rules"