MSB HEB Chapter 8

Christ’s Eternal Priesthood

[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, 2 [and who] ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man. 3 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.

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For[fn] if He were on earth, vvv vvv He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to [the] law. 5 [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.”[fn]

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The New Covenant

(Jeremiah 31:26–40)

Now, however, [Jesus] has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant vvv He mediates is better [and] is founded on better promises. 7 For if that first [ covenant ] had been without fault, no place vvv would have been sought for a second. 8 [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.

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[It will] not be like the covenant

I made with their fathers

vvv when I took them by the hand

to lead them out of [the] land of Egypt,

because they vvv did not abide by My covenant,

and I disregarded them, declares [the] Lord.

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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 vvv their God,

and they will be My people.

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No longer {will} each one teach his neighbor[fn] [or] his brother,

saying,‘Know the Lord,’

because vvv they will all know Me,

from [the] least of them to [the] greatest.

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For I will vvv forgive their iniquities

and will remember their sins and lawless acts no more.”[fn]

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By speaking of a new [covenant],[fn] He has made the first one {obsolete}; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.