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 # 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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Hebrews 8
8
Yeshua, Mediator of a Better Covenant
1Now here is the main point being said. We do have such a Kohen Gadol, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.
2He is a priestly attendant of the Holies and the true Tent—which Adonai set up, not man.
3For every kohen gadol is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, so it is necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
4Now if He were on earth, He would not be a kohen at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Torah.
5They offer service in a replica and foreshadower of the heavenlies—one that is just as Moses was instructed by God when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For He says, “See that you make everything according to the design that was shown to you on the mountain.”
6But now Yeshua has obtained a more excellent ministry, insofar as He is the mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted on better promises.
7For if that first one had been faultless, there would not have been discourse seeking a second.
8For finding fault with them, He says, “Behold, days are coming, says Adonai, when I will inaugurate a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
9It will not be like the covenant 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 remain in My covenant, and I did not care for them, says Adonai.
10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Adonai. I will put My Torah into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write it. And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
11And no more will they teach, each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know Adonai,’ because all will know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
12For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.”
13In saying “new,” He has treated the first as old; but what is being made old and aging is close to vanishing.
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