Hebrews 8

1 The 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,

2 and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

3 And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.

4 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

5 The place where they serve 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.”

6 Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

8 But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

11 No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.

12 For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins and lawless acts no more.”

13 By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

1 ¶ Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore [it is] of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, [that] thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

6 ¶ But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

7 For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

13 In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.

1 Now this is the summa of which we speak: We have such a high priest sitting on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven;

2 And is a keeper of the holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which God hath set up, and no man.

3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore he also must have something to offer.

4 Now if he were on the earth, he would not be a priest, because there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law,

5 Which serve for the pattern and shadow of heavenly things: as the divine answer spake unto Moses, when he finished the tabernacle: See thou, said he, that thou make all things after the image which is shewed thee in the mount.

6 But now he hath obtained a better office, as he that is the mediator of a better testament, which is also upon better promises.

7 For if that, the first, had been blameless, room would not have been sought for another.

8 For he reproved them, saying, Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new testament concerning the house of Israel, and concerning the house of Judah;

9 Not according to the testament which I made with their fathers in the day that I took their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they abode not in my testament: neither have I regarded them, saith the LORD.

10 For this is the testament which I will make unto the house of Israel after those days, saith the LORD; I will put my laws in their mind, and in their heart will I write them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

11 And let no man teach his neighbour, nor his brother, saying, Know the LORD. For they shall all know me, from the least even unto the greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their iniquity and their sins, and their unrighteousness will I remember no more.

13 In saying, A new thing, he maketh the first old. But that which is old, and waxen old, is nigh unto his end.