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Hebrews 7:11-8:13
Tree of Life Version

Yeshua, Our Kohen Gadol Forever

11 Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for based on it the people had been given the Torah[a]), what further need was there for a different kohen to arise—designated according to the order of Melchizedek, not according to the order of Aaron? 12 For whenever the priesthood is altered, out of necessity an alteration[b] of law also takes place. 13 For the one about whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar. 14 For it is clear that our Lord has sprung forth[c] from Judah—concerning this tribe, Moses said nothing about kohanim. 15 And it is even more evident, if another kohen arises like Melchizedek— 16 one made not by virtue of a Torah requirement of physical descent,[d] but by virtue of the power of an indestructible life. 17 For it is testified,

“You are a kohen forever,
    according to the order of Melchizedek.”[e]

18 For on the one hand, a former requirement is set aside because of its weakness and ineffectiveness— 19 for Torah made nothing perfect. But on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

20 Moreover, it was not without a sworn oath. (Others indeed have become kohanim without a sworn oath, 21 but He with an oath—sworn by the One who said to Him, “Adonai has sworn and will not change His mind, ‘You are a kohen forever.’”[f]) 22 How much more then has Yeshua become the guarantee of a better covenant.

23 Now on the one hand, many have become kohanim, who through death are prevented from continuing in office. [g] 24 But on the other hand, the One who does remain forever has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore He is also able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, always living to make intercession for them.

26 For such a Kohen Gadol was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 27 He has no need to offer up sacrifices day by day like those other kohanim g’dolim—first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people.[h] For when He offered up Himself, He did this once for all. 28 For the Torah appoints as kohanim g’dolim men who have weakness; but the word of the oath,[i] which came after the Torah, appoints a Son—made perfect forever.

Yeshua, Mediator of a Better Covenant

8 Now here is the main point being said. We do have such a Kohen Gadol, who has taken His seat at the right hand[j] of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. 2 He is a priestly attendant of the Holies and the true Tent—which Adonai set up, not man. 3 For every kohen gadol is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, so it is necessary for this One also to have something to offer. [k] 4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a kohen at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Torah. 5 They offer service in a replica[l] and foreshadower of the heavenlies—one that is just as Moses was instructed by God when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For He says, “See that you make everything according to the design that was shown to you on the mountain.” [m] 6 But now Yeshua has obtained a more excellent ministry, insofar as He is the mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted on better promises.

7 For if that first one had been faultless, there would not have been discourse seeking a second. 8 For finding fault with them, He says,

“Behold, days are coming,
    says Adonai,
    when I will inaugurate 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
on the day when I took them by the hand
    to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
For they did not remain in My covenant,
    and I did not care for them, says Adonai.
10 For this is the covenant that I will make
    with the house of Israel
    after those days, says Adonai.
I will put My Torah into their mind,
    and upon their hearts I will write it.
And I will be their God,
    and they shall be My people.[n]
11 And no more will they teach,
    each one his fellow citizen
    and each one his brother, saying,
    ‘Know Adonai,’
    because all will know Me,
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
    and their sins I will remember no more.”[o]

13 In saying “new,” He has treated the first as old; but what is being made old and aging is close to vanishing.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:11 cf. Exod. 19:5-6; 20ff.
  2. Hebrews 7:12 Lit. transposition; Grk. metathesis.
  3. Hebrews 7:14 cf. Isa. 11:1.
  4. Hebrews 7:16 cf. Exod. 30:30; 32:25-29; Num. 3:9-12.
  5. Hebrews 7:17 Ps. 110:4(109:4 LXX).
  6. Hebrews 7:21 Ps. 110:4(109:4 LXX).
  7. Hebrews 7:24 cf. Exod. 40:15; Num. 25:13; Dan. 6:27(26).
  8. Hebrews 7:27 cf. Lev. 6:9-13; 16:11, 15.
  9. Hebrews 7:28 cf. Ps. 110:4(109:4 LXX).
  10. Hebrews 8:1 cf. Ps. 110:1(109:1 LXX).
  11. Hebrews 8:4 cf. Exod. 23:15; 34:20.
  12. Hebrews 8:5 cf. Exod. 25:9; 26:30; 27:8; Num. 8:4.
  13. Hebrews 8:6 Exod. 25:40.
  14. Hebrews 8:10 cf. Jer. 7:22-23.
  15. Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:30-33(31-34); 38:31-34(LXX).
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