Hebrews 8:6-13

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⁶But as it is, Christ^[a] has obtained a ministry that is ^(A)as much more excellent than the old as ^(B)the covenant ^(C)he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. ⁷^(D)For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.

⁸For he finds fault with them when he says:^[b]

^(E)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
    and with the house of Judah,
⁹not like the covenant that I made with their fathers
    on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
For they did not continue in my covenant,
    and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
¹⁰^(F)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
    after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
    and ^(G)write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.
¹¹And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
    and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for they shall ^(H)all know me,
    from the least of them to the greatest.
¹²For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
    ^(I)and I will remember their sins no more.”

¹³In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And ^(J)what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

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Hebrews 8:6 Greek he
Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts For finding fault with it he says to them

Hebrews 9:14-15

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¹⁴how much more will ^(A)the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit ^(B)offered himself without blemish to God, ^(C)purify our^[a] conscience ^(D)from dead works ^(E)to serve the living God.

¹⁵Therefore he is ^(F)the mediator of a new covenant, so that ^(G)those who are called may ^(H)receive the promised eternal inheritance, ^(I)since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.^[b]

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Hebrews 9:14 Some manuscripts your
Hebrews 9:15 The Greek word means both covenant and will; also verses 16, 17

Exodus 24:12-14

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¹²The Lord said to Moses, ^(A)“Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the ^(B)tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” ¹³So Moses rose with his assistant ^(C)Joshua, and Moses went up ^(D)into the mountain of God. ¹⁴And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and ^(E)Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.”