每一位大祭司受委任,都是為了獻上禮物和祭物;故此,這一位也必須有所獻上。 既然如此,如果他在地上,就不會做祭司,因為地上已經有照著律法獻祭物的祭司[a] 那些祭司所事奉的,是天上事物的模型和影子,就如摩西將要完成會幕的時候,得了神的指示,說:「你要注意,一切都要按照在山上指示你的樣式去造。」[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 希伯來書 8:4 有古抄本沒有「祭司」。
  2. 希伯來書 8:5 《出埃及記》25:40。

Every high priest(A) is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices,(B) and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.(C) If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.(D) They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy(E) and shadow(F) of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned(G) when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”[a](H)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:5 Exodus 25:40

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

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

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.

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