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1 Now
in the things
which we are
saying, the main
point is this:
we have such
a high priest, who
sat down on
the right hand
of the throne
of the Majesty
in the heavens,
2 a
servant of
the sanctuary and
of the true
tabernacle which
the Lord pitched,
not man.
3 For
every high priest
is appointed to
offer both gifts
and sacrifices.
Therefore it
is necessary that
this high priest
also have
something to offer.
4 For
if he were
on earth, he
would not be
a priest at
all, seeing there
are priests who
offer the gifts
according to the
law,
5 who
serve a copy
and shadow of
the heavenly
things, even as
Moses was warned
by God when
he was about
to make the
tabernacle, for he
said, “See, you
shall make
everything according
to the pattern
that was shown
to you on
the mountain.”
6 But
now he has
obtained a more
excellent ministry,
by as much
as he is
also the mediator
of a better
covenant, which on
better promises
has been given as
law.
7 For
if that
first covenant had
been faultless, then
no place would
have been sought
for a second.
8 For
finding fault with
them, he said,
“Behold,
the days are
coming”, says the
Lord,
“that I will
make a new
covenant with the
house of Israel
and with the
house of Judah;
9 not
according to the
covenant that I
made with their
fathers
in the day
that I took
them by the
hand to lead
them out of
the land of Egypt;
for they didn’t
continue in my
covenant,
and I disregarded
them,” says the
Lord.
10 “For
this is the
covenant that I
will make with
the house of
Israel
after those days,”
says the Lord:
“I will put
my laws into
their mind;
I will also
write them on
their heart.
I will be
their God,
and they will
be my people.
11 They
will not teach
every man his
fellow citizen
and every man
his brother, saying, ‘Know
the Lord,’
for all will
know me,
from their least
to their greatest.
12 For
I will be
merciful to
their unrighteousness.
I will remember
their sins and lawless deeds
no more.”
13 In
that he says, “A
new covenant”, he
has made the
first obsolete.
But that which
is becoming
obsolete and grows aged
is near
to vanishing away.