26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, (A)who is holy, [a]harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, (B)and has become higher than the heavens; 27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His (C)own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.

The New Priestly Service

Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, (D)who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of (E)the [b]sanctuary and of (F)the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:26 innocent
  2. Hebrews 8:2 Lit. holies

26 Such a high priest(A) truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners,(B) exalted above the heavens.(C) 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices(D) day after day, first for his own sins,(E) and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all(F) when he offered himself.(G) 28 For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness;(H) but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son,(I) who has been made perfect(J) forever.

The High Priest of a New Covenant

Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest,(K) who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,(L) and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle(M) set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.