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Hebrews Chapter 8 - New American Standard Bible

1. NOW the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

2. a minister [3] in the sanctuary and [2] in the true [1] tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

3. For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

4. Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law;

5. who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses [5] was warned by God when he was about to erect the [4] tabernacle; for, « SEE,» He says, «THAT YOU MAKE all things ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN WHICH WAS SHOWN YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN.»

6. But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

7. For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.

8. For finding fault with them, He says, « BEHOLD, DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, [6] WHEN I WILL EFFECT A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH;

9. NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH 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 CONTINUE IN MY COVENANT, AND I DID NOT CARE FOR 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: [7] I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

11. « AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACH EVERYONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN, AND EVERYONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, "KNOW THE LORD,' FOR ALL WILL KNOW ME, FROM [8] THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.

12. « FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE.»

13. [10] When He said, « A new covenant,» He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is [9] ready to disappear.

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Footnotes
  • 1: Or of
  • 2: Or sacred tent
  • 3: Lit has been
  • 4: Or sacred tent
  • 5: Lit And
  • 6: Lit Putting my laws into...
  • 7: Lit small to great of them
  • 8: Or In His saying
  • 9: Or near
  • 10: Or sacred tent

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