Heb 8 | ISV | STEP | Christ Has a Better Ministry Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we do have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven

Hebrews 8

1 Christ Has a Better Ministry

Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we do have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heavenEph 1:20; Col 3:1; Heb 1:3; 10:12; 12:2 2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord and not by any human.Heb 9:8, 11-12, 24 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this high priest ^{▼▼Lit. this one} had to offer something too.Eph 5:2; Heb 5:1; 9:14 4 Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the law. 5 They serve in a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of the heavenly one. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.” ^{▼▼Exod 25:40}Exod 25:40; 26:30; 27:8; Num 8:4; Acts 7:44; Col 2:17; Heb 9:23; 10:1 6 However, Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. he} has now obtained a ministry that is as superior to theirs as the covenant he mediates is founded on better promises.2Cor 3:6, 8-9; Heb 7:22

7 The New Covenant Is Better Than the OldFor if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one.Heb 7:11, 18 8 But God ^{▼▼Lit. he} found something wrong with his people ^{▼▼Lit. with them} when he said,Jer 31:31-34

“Look! The days are coming, declares the Lord,

when I will establish a new covenant

with the house of Israel

and with the house of Judah.

9 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors at the time

when I took them by the hand

and brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Because they did not remain loyal to my covenant,

I ignored them, declares the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, declares the Lord:Zech 8:8; Heb 10:16

I will put my laws in their minds

and write them on their hearts.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.

11 Never again will everyone teach his neighborIsa 54:13; John 6:45; 1John 2:27

or his brother by saying, ‘Know the Lord,’

because all of them will know me,

from the least important to the most important.

12 For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds,Rom 11:27; Heb 10:17

and I will never again remember their sins.” ^{▼▼Jer 31:31-34}

13 In speaking of a “new” covenant, he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.2Cor 5:17