Hebrews 8:1-5

New Century Version

Jesus Is Our High Priest

8 Here is the point of what we are saying: We have a high priest who sits on the right side of God’s throne in heaven. ² Our high priest serves in the Most Holy Place, the true place of worship that was made by God, not by humans.

³ Every high priest has the work of offering gifts and sacrifices to God. So our high priest must also offer something to God. ⁴ If our high priest were now living on earth, he would not be a priest, because there are already priests here who follow the law by offering gifts to God. ⁵ The work they do as priests is only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. This is why God warned Moses when he was ready to build the Holy Tent: “Be very careful to make everything by the plan I showed you on the mountain.”^[a]