Hebrews 8
8
1 NOW THE main point of what we have to say is this: We have such a High Priest, One Who is seated at the right hand of the majestic [God] in heaven, [Ps. 110:1.]
2 As officiating Priest, a Minister in the holy places and in the true tabernacle which is erected not by man but by the Lord.
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer up gifts and sacrifices; so it is essential for this [High Priest] to have some offering to make also.
4 If then He were still living on earth, He would not be a priest at all, for there are [already priests] who offer the gifts in accordance with the Law.
5 [But these offer] service [merely] as a pattern and as a foreshadowing of [what has its true existence and reality in] the heavenly sanctuary. For when Moses was about to erect the tabernacle, he was warned by God, saying, See to it that you make it all [exactly] according to the copy (the model) which was shown to you on the mountain. [Exod. 25:40.]
6 But as it now is, He [Christ] has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is as much superior and more excellent [than the old] as the covenant (the agreement) of which He is the Mediator (the Arbiter, Agent) is superior and more excellent, [because] it is enacted and rests upon more important (sublimer, higher, and nobler) promises.
7 For if that first covenant had been without defect, there would have been no room for another one or an attempt to institute another one.
8 However, He finds fault with them [showing its inadequacy] when He says, Behold, the days will come, says the Lord, when I will make and ratify a new covenant or agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their forefathers on the day when I grasped them by the hand to help and relieve them and to lead them out from the land of Egypt, for they did not abide in My agreement with them, and so I withdrew My favor and 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 imprint My laws upon their minds, even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding, and engrave them upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
11 And it will nevermore be necessary for each one to teach his neighbor and his fellow citizen or each one his brother, saying, Know (perceive, have knowledge of, and get acquainted by experience with) the Lord, for all will know Me, from the smallest to the greatest of them.
12 For I will be merciful and gracious toward their sins and I will remember their deeds of unrighteousness no more. [Jer. 31:31-34.]
13 When God speaks of a new [covenant or agreement], He makes the first one obsolete (out of use). And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether.
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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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