1 Jesus, High Priest of a New Covenant Now the main point in what is being saidis this: we have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
2 a minister 8:2 Or of in the 8:2 The holy places within the sanctuary, cf.9:2-3 holy places and 8:2 Or of in the true 8:2 Or sacred tent 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 thishigh priestalso 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 8:5Lit has been was warnedby Godwhen he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “See,” He says, “that you makeall thingsaccording 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 firstcovenanthad 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 8:8In OT, Yahweh, cf. Jer 31:31 Lord, 8:8Lit And WhenIwill complete a new covenantWith the house ofIsrael and with the house ofJudah;
9 Not like the covenant whichImade with their fathersIn the day whenItook them by the handTo lead them out of the land ofEgypt;For they did not continue inMy covenant,AndIdid not care for them,says the 8:9In OT, Yahweh, cf. Jer 31:32 Lord.
10 “For this is the covenant thatIwill make with the house ofIsraelAfter those days,says the 8:10In OT, Yahweh, cf. Jer 31:31 Lord: 8:10Lit Putting my laws into Iwill putMy laws into their minds,And upon their heartsIwill write them.AndIwill be theirGod,And they shall beMy people.
11 “And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen,And everyone his brother,saying, ‘Know theLord,’For all will knowMe,From 8:11Lit small to great of them the least to the greatest of them.
12 “ForIwill be merciful to their iniquities,AndIwill remember their sins no more.”
13 8:13 Or In His saying When He said, “A newcovenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is 8:13 Or near ready to disappear.