Hebrews 8

The High Priest of a New Covenant

¹ Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, ²a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. ³For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. ⁴For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; ⁵who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.” ^[a] ⁶But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law. ⁷For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. ⁸For finding fault with them, he said,

“Behold, ^[b] the days come”, says the Lord,
    “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
⁹not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers,
    in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
for they didn’t continue in my covenant,
    and I 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 put my laws into their mind,
    I will also write them on their heart.
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.
¹¹They will not teach every man his fellow citizen, ^[c]
    and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
    for all will know me,
    from their least to their greatest.
¹²For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness.
    I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.” ^[d]

¹³In that he says, “A new covenant”, he has made the first old. But that which is becoming old and grows aged is near to vanishing away.

Footnotes:

[a] Hebrews 8:5 Exodus 25:40 [a-1]
[b] Hebrews 8:8 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
[c] Hebrews 8:11 TR reads “neighbor” instead of “fellow citizen”
[d] Hebrews 8:12 Jeremiah 31:31-34 [d-1]

Old Testament Footnotes:

[a-1] Exodus 25:40 ⁴⁰See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain.

[d-1] Jeremiah 31:31-34 ³¹Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: ³²not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says Yahweh. ³³But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: ³⁴and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh; for they shall all know me, from their least to their greatest, says Yahweh: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

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