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Jesus, High Priest of a New Covenant

Now the main point in what is being said is this: we have such a (A)high priest, who sat down at (B)the right hand of the throne of the (C)Majesty in the heavens, a (D)minister [a]in the [b]holy places and [c]in the (E)true [d]tabernacle, which the Lord (F)pitched, not man. For every (G)high priest is appointed (H)to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who (I)offer the gifts according to the Law; who serve (J)a copy and (K)shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses [e]was (L)warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “(M)See,” He says, “that you make all things according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:2 Or of
  2. Hebrews 8:2 The holy places within the sanctuary, cf. 9:2-3
  3. Hebrews 8:2 Or of
  4. Hebrews 8:2 Or sacred tent
  5. Hebrews 8:5 Lit has been

The Mediator of a New and Better Covenant

Now this is the main point in what has been said: we have a high priest such as this, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord set up, not man. For every high priest is appointed in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices; therefore it was[a] necessary for this one also to have something that he offers. Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because there[b] are those who offer the gifts according to the law, who serve a sketch and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he[c] was about to complete the tabernacle, for he says, “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:3 Or “it is”; either a present or a past tense verb may be supplied here
  2. Hebrews 8:4 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are”) which is understood as causal
  3. Hebrews 8:5 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal participle (“about”)
  4. Hebrews 8:5 A quotation from Exod 25:40