16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

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16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.(A) Therefore God is not ashamed(B) to be called their God,(C) for he has prepared a city(D) for them.

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16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed (A)to be called their God, for He has (B)prepared a city for them.

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16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed (A)to be called their God, for (B)he has prepared for them a city.

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A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

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and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle(A) set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.

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a Minister of (A)the [a]sanctuary and of (B)the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:2 Lit. holies

a minister in the holy places, in (A)the true tent[a] that the Lord (B)set up, not man.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:2 Or tabernacle; also verse 5