Hebrews 8:1-7

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Mediator of a Better Covenant

8 Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,^{(A) 2} a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent^[a] that the Lord, and not any mortal, has set up.^{(B) 3} For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.^{(C) 4} Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are already those^[b] who offer gifts according to the law. ⁵ They offer worship in a sanctuary that is^[c] a sketch and shadow of the heavenly one, just as Moses was warned when he was about to erect the tent.^[d] For, God^[e] said, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”^{(D) 6} But Jesus^[f] has now obtained a more excellent ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on the basis of better promises.^{(E) 7} For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one.^(F)