²⁸ The clay pot^(A) the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water.

³³ If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot.^(A)

¹² “‘A clay pot^(A) that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article^(B) is to be rinsed with water.

⁹ This is an illustration^(A) for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered^(B) were not able to clear the conscience^(C) of the worshiper. ¹⁰ They are only a matter of food^(D) and drink^(E) and various ceremonial washings^(F)—external regulations^(G) applying until the time of the new order.