A Better Ministry
1 Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a (A)high priest, who has taken His seat at (B)the right hand of the throne of the (C)Majesty in the heavens,
2 a (D)minister (a)in the sanctuary and (b)in the (E)true (c)tabernacle, which the Lord (F)pitched, not man.
3 For every (G)high priest is appointed (H)to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who (I)offer the gifts according to the Law;
5 who serve (J)a copy and (K)shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses (d)was (L)warned by God when he was about to erect the (e)tabernacle; for, “(M)See,” He says, “that you make all things according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.”
6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the (N)mediator of (O)a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
A New Covenant
7 For (P)if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.
8 For finding fault with them, He says,
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(S)Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers
On the day when I took them by the hand
To lead them out of the land of Egypt;
For they did not continue in My covenant,
And I did not care for them, says the Lord.
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On the day when I took them by the hand
To lead them out of the land of Egypt;
For they did not continue in My covenant,
And I did not care for them, says the Lord.
Footnotes:
a.
Hebrews 8:2: ['Or ', of]
b.
Hebrews 8:2: ['Or ', of]
c.
Hebrews 8:2: ['Or ', sacred tent]
d.
Hebrews 8:5: ['Lit ', has been]
e.
Hebrews 8:5: ['Or ', sacred tent]
f.
Hebrews 8:8: ['Lit ', And]
g.
Hebrews 8:10: ['Lit ', Putting my laws into, '...']
h.
Hebrews 8:11: ['Lit ', small to great of them]
i.
Hebrews 8:13: ['Or ', In His saying]
j.
Hebrews 8:13: ['Or ', near]
Cross references:
H.
Hebrews 8:3:
Romans 4:25; Romans 5:6; Romans 5:8; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 5:1; Hebrews 8:4
R.
Hebrews 8:8:
Luke 22:20; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 8:13; Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 12:24