Jesus Our High Priest

8 Now this is the main point of the things that we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, ² a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle, which the Lord, not man, set up.

³ For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this priest also have something to offer. ⁴ For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests that offer gifts according to the law. ⁵ They serve in a sanctuary that is an example and shadow of the heavenly one, as Moses was instructed by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”^[a]

⁵ Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:

⁸ Previously when He said, “You did not desire sacrifices and offerings. You have had no pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin,”^[b] which are offered in accordance with the law, ⁹ then He said, “See, I have come to do Your will, O God.”^[c] He takes away the first that He may establish the second. ¹⁰ By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.