Hebrews 8
8
Meeting tents, sacrifices, and covenants
1Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have this kind of high priest. He sat down at the right side of the throne of the majesty in the heavens. 2He’s serving as a priest in the holy place, which is the true meeting tent that God, not any human being, set up. 3Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. So it’s necessary for this high priest also to have something to offer. 4If he was located on earth, he wouldn’t be a priest because there are already others who offer gifts based on the Law. 5They serve in a place that is a copy and shadow of the heavenly meeting tent. This is indicated when Moses was warned by God when he was about to set up the meeting tent: “See that you follow the pattern that I showed you on the mountain in every detail”.#8.5 Exod 25:40 6But now, Jesus has received a superior priestly service just as he arranged a better covenant that is enacted with better promises.
7If the first covenant had been without fault, it wouldn’t have made sense to expect a second. 8But God did find fault with them, since he says,
“Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, ”
“when I will make a covenant with the house of Israel, ”
“and I will make a new covenant with the house of Judah. ”
9“It will not be 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, ”
“because they did not continue to keep my covenant, ”
“and I lost interest in them, says the Lord. ”
10“This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel ”
“after those days, says the Lord. ”
“I will place my laws in their minds, ”
“and write them on their hearts. ”
“I will be their God, ”
“and they will be my people. ”
11“And each person won’t ever teach a neighbor ”
“or their brother or sister, saying, ” “Know the Lord,”
“because they will all know me, ”
“from the least important of them to the most important; ”
12“because I will be lenient toward their unjust actions, ”
“and I won’t remember their sins anymore.”#8.12 Jer 31:31-34
13When it says new, it makes the first obsolete. And if something is old and outdated, it’s close to disappearing.
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Hebrews 8
8
The High Priest of a New Covenant
1Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.
3Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer. 4If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law. 5They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”#8:5 Exodus 25:40 6But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
7For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. 8But God found fault with the people and said#8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.:
“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
9It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
and I turned away from them,
declares the Lord.
10This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel
after that time, declares 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.
11No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”#8:12 Jer. 31:31-34
13By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.
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