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
A Better Promise
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Ps 110.1. What I mean is we have a high priest who sits at the right side#8.1 right side: See the note at 1.3. of God's great throne in heaven. 2He also serves as the priest in the most holy place#8.2 most holy place: See the note at 6.19. inside the real tent there in heaven. This tent of worship was set up by the Lord, not by humans.
3Since all priests must offer gifts and sacrifices, Christ also needed to have something to offer. 4If he were here on earth, he would not be a priest at all, because here the Law appoints other priests to offer sacrifices. 5#Ex 25.40. But the tent where they serve is just a copy and a shadow of the real one in heaven. Before Moses made the tent, he was told, “Be sure to make it exactly like the pattern you were shown on the mountain!” 6Now Christ has been appointed to serve as a priest in a much better way, and he has given us much assurance of a better agreement.
7If the first agreement with God had been all right, there would not have been any need for another one. 8#Jr 31.31-34 (LXX). But the Lord found fault with it and said,
“I tell you the time will come,
when I will make
a new agreement
with the people of Israel
and the people of Judah.
9It won't be like the agreement
that I made
with their ancestors,
when I took them by the hand
and led them out of Egypt.
They broke their agreement
with me,
and I stopped caring
about them!
10“But now I tell the people
of Israel
this is my new agreement:
‘The time will come
when I, the Lord,
will write my laws
on their minds and hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be
my people.
11Not one of them
will have to teach another
to know me, their Lord.’
“All of them will know me,
no matter who they are.
12I will treat them with kindness,
even though they are wicked.
I will forget their sins.”
13When the Lord talks about a new agreement, he means that the first one is out of date. And anything that is old and useless will soon disappear.
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