{"book":"Hebrews","slug":"hebrews","ch":8,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Hebrews","prev":"hebrews/7","next":"hebrews/9","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[The] point of what we are saying [is this]: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at [the] right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,","f":[],"h":"Christ’s Eternal Priesthood","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"[and who] ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, [it was] necessary [for] this One also to have something to offer.","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already [priests] who offer gifts according to [the] law.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"[The place where] they serve [is] a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. 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 shown you on the mountain.”","f":["Exodus 25:40; see also Exodus 26:30."]},{"v":6,"t":"Now, however, [Jesus] has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better [and] is founded on better promises.","f":[],"h":"The New Covenant","style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"For if that first [ covenant ] had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"[But] [God] found fault with [the people] [and] said:“ Behold, [the] days are coming, declares [the] Lord, [when] I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"[But] [God] found fault with [the people] [and] said:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Behold, [the] days are coming, declares [the] Lord,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[when] I will make a new covenant"},{"style":"indent1","t":"with the house of Israel"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and with the house of Judah."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"[It will] not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of [the] land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares [the] Lord.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[It will] not be like the covenant"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I made with their fathers"},{"style":"indent1","t":"when I took them by the hand"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to lead them out of [the] land of Egypt,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"because they did not abide by My covenant,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I disregarded them,"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares [the] Lord."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"For this [is] the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares [the] Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For this [is] the covenant I will make"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with the house of Israel"},{"style":"indent1","t":"after those days,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"declares [the] Lord."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will put My laws in their minds"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and inscribe them on their hearts."},{"style":"indent1","t":"And I will be their God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and they will be My people."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"No longer {will} each one teach his neighbor [or] his brother, saying,‘ Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from [the] least of them to [the] greatest.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"No longer {will} each one teach his neighbor [or] his brother,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"saying,‘ Know the Lord,’"},{"style":"indent1","t":"because they will all know Me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from [the] least of them to [the] greatest."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”","f":["Jeremiah 31:31–34 (see also LXX)"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I will forgive their iniquities"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and will remember their sins no more.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"By speaking of a new [covenant], He has made the first one {obsolete}; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.","f":["Literally In saying new; here and in Hebrews 9:1 and 18, covenant is included for clarity but is not contained in the Greek. A broader interpretation could also include priesthood or tabernacle."],"style":"reg"}]}