lSee Matt. 16:16
wCited from Jer. 31:31-34
Joshua 8:32
32And there, in the presence of the people of Israel, he wrote on athe stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written.Jeremiah 31:31-33
The New Covenant
31 b“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make ca new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when dI took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, ethough I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 fFor this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: gI will put my law within them, and I will write it hon their hearts. iAnd I will be their God, and they shall be my people.2 Corinthians 3:2-3
2 jYou yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our ▼▼Some manuscripts your
hearts, to be known and read by all. 3And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of lthe living God, not on mtablets of stone but on ntablets of ohuman hearts. ▼▼Greek fleshly hearts
Hebrews 8:6-10
6But as it is, Christ ▼▼Greek he
has obtained a ministry that is ras much more excellent than the old as sthe covenant the mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. 7 uFor if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. 8For he finds fault with them when he says: ▼
▼Some manuscripts For finding fault with it he says to them
w“Behold, 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,
9not like the covenant that I made with their fathers
on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
For they did not continue in my covenant,
and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
10 xFor this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
and ywrite them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
Hebrews 10:16
16 z“This is the covenant that I will make with themafter those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,”
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