Hebrews 8
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1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man. 3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 4For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the Torah, 5who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”#Exodus 25:40 6But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as Torah.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 8For finding fault with them, he said,
“Behold,#8:8 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. the days are coming”, says the Lord,
“that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
9 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
for they didn’t continue in my covenant,
and I disregarded them,” says the Lord.
10“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days,” says the Lord:
“I will put my laws into their mind;
I will also write them on their heart.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
11 They will not teach every man his fellow citizen#8:11 TR reads “neighbor” instead of “fellow citizen”
and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for all will know me,
from their least to their greatest.
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness.
I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”#Jeremiah 31:31-34
13 In that he says, “A new covenant”, he has made the first obsolete. But that which is becoming obsolete and grows aged is near to vanishing away.
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Hebrews 8
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A Heavenly Priesthood
1Now the main point of what is being said is this: We have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, # Col 3:1; Heb 2:17 2a minister of the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not man. # Ex 33:7; Heb 9:11,24 3For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts # Eph 5:2; Heb 5:1; 9:14 and sacrifices; therefore it was necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. 4Now if He were on earth, He wouldn’t be a priest, since there are those # Other mss read priests offering the gifts prescribed by the law. 5These serve as a copy and shadow # Col 2:17; Heb 9:23; 10:1 of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain. # Ex 25:40; Heb 11:7; 12:25 # Ex 25:40 6But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree He is the mediator # Jb 33:23; Is 29:1; Gl 3:19-20; 1Tm 2:5; Heb 9:15; 12:24 of a better covenant, # Heb 7:22; 9:15; 12:24; 13:20 which has been legally enacted on better promises. # Lk 22:20; 2Co 3:6,8
A Superior Covenant
7For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one. 8But finding fault with His people, # Lit with them He says: # Other mss read finding fault, He says to them
Look, the days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah —
9not like the covenant
that I made with their ancestors
on the day I took them by their hands
to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
I disregarded them, says the Lord,
because they did not continue in My covenant.
10But this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people. # Zch 8:8; 2Co 3:3; Heb 10:16
11And each person will not teach his fellow citizen, # Other mss read neighbor
and each his brother, saying, “Know the Lord,”
because they will all know Me,
from the least to the greatest of them. # Is 54:13; Jn 6:45; 1Jn 2:27
12For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing,
and I will never again remember their sins. # Other mss add and their lawless deeds # Jr 31:31-34; Rm 11:27; Heb 10:17 # Jr 31:31-34
13By saying, a new covenant, He has declared that the first is old. And what is old and aging is about to disappear. # 2Co 5:17
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