Hebrews 8
8
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#8:4 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.#8:5Ex 25:40#Ex 25:40; Heb 11:7; 12:25 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 established 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,#8:8 Lit with them he says:#8:8 Other mss read finding fault, he says to them
See, 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 —
9 not like the covenant
that I made with their ancestors
on the day I took them by the hand
to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
I showed no concern for them, says the Lord,
because they did not continue in my covenant.
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 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
11 And each person will not teach his fellow citizen, # 8:11 Other mss read neighbor
and each his brother or sister, 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
12 For I will forgive their wrongdoing,
and I will never again remember their sins. # 8:12 Other mss add and their lawless deeds # 8:8–12 Jr 31:31–34 #
Jr 31:31–34; Rm 11:27; Heb 10:17
13By saying a new covenant, he has declared that the first is obsolete. And what is obsolete and growing old is about to pass away.#2Co 5:17
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Hebrews 8
8
Jesus our High Priest
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Ps 110.1
The whole point of what we are saying is that we have such a High Priest, who sits at the right of the throne of the Divine Majesty in heaven. 2He serves as High Priest in the Most Holy Place, that is, in the real tent which was put up by the Lord, not by human hands.
3Every High Priest is appointed to present offerings and animal sacrifices to God, and so our High Priest must also have something to offer. 4If he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer the gifts required by the Jewish Law. 5#Ex 25.40The work they do as priests is really only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. It is the same as it was with Moses. When he was about to build the Sacred Tent, God said to him, “Be sure to make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.” 6But now, Jesus has been given priestly work which is superior to theirs, just as the covenant which he arranged between God and his people is a better one, because it is based on promises of better things.
7If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, there would have been no need for a second one. 8#Jer 31.31–34 (LXX)But God finds fault with his people when he says:
“The days are coming, says the Lord,
when I will draw up a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
9It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors
on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt.
They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them,
and so I paid no attention to them.
10Now, this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel
in the days to come, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
11None of them will have to teach their fellow-citizens
or say to their fellow-citizens,
‘Know the Lord.’
For they will all know me,
from the least to the greatest.
12I will forgive their sins
and will no longer remember their wrongs.”
13By speaking of a new covenant, God has made the first one old; and anything that becomes old and worn out will soon disappear.
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