Hebrews 8
A Better Ministry
1 Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a ahigh priest, who has taken His seat at bthe right hand of the throne of the cMajesty in the heavens, 2a dminister ▼▼Or of
in the sanctuary and ▼▼Or of
in the gtrue ▼▼Or sacred tent
tabernacle, which the Lord iset up, not man. 3For every jhigh priest is appointed kto offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 4Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are ▼▼I.e., temple priests
those who moffer the gifts according to the Law; 5who serve na copy and oshadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses ▼▼Lit has been
was qwarned by God when he was about to erect the ▼▼Or sacred tent
tabernacle; for, “ sSee,” He says, “that you make all things by the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.” 6But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the tmediator of ua better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises. A New Covenant
7 For vif that first covenant had been free of fault, no ▼▼Lit place
circumstances would have been sought for a second. 8For in finding fault with ▼▼Lit them
the people, He says, “ yBehold, days are coming, says the Lord,
▼
▼Lit And
When I will bring about aaa new covenant With the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
9 abNot like the covenant which I made with their fathers
On the day I took them by the hand
To bring them out of the land of Egypt;
For they did not continue in My covenant,
And I did not care about them, says the Lord.
10 “ acFor this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, declares the Lord:
▼
▼Lit Putting my laws into...
I will put My laws into their minds, And write them aeon their hearts.
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.
11 “ afAnd they will not teach, each one his fellow citizen,
And each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
For agthey will all know Me,
From ▼
▼Lit small to great of them
the least to the greatest of them. 12 “ aiFor I will be merciful toward their wrongdoings,
ajAnd their sins I will no longer remember.” 13 ▼
▼Or In His saying
When He said, “ alA new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. amBut whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ▼▼Or near destruction
about to disappear.
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