1 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 ISV — Hebrews 8:1
2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tent set up by the Lord and not by any human. ISV — Hebrews 8:2
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this high priest a8:3 Lit. this one had to offer something, too. ISV — Hebrews 8:3
4 Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the Law. ISV — Hebrews 8:4
5 They serve in a sanctuary that is a copy, a shadow of the heavenly one. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tent: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.” b8:5 Cf. Exod 25:40 ISV — Hebrews 8:5
6 However, Jesus c8:6 Lit. he has now obtained a more superior ministry, since the covenant he mediates is founded on better promises. ISV — Hebrews 8:6
7 If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one, ISV — Hebrews 8:7
8 but God d8:8 Lit. he found something wrong with his people e8:8 Lit. with them when he said, “Look! The days are coming, declares the Lord, f8:8 MT source citation reads LORD when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. ISV — Hebrews 8:8
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. g8:9 MT source citation reads LORD ISV — Hebrews 8:9
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord: h8:10 MT source citation reads LORD 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. ISV — Hebrews 8:10
11 Never again will everyone teach his neighbor or his brother by saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ i8:11 MT source citation reads LORD because all of them will know me, from the least important to the most important. ISV — Hebrews 8:11
12 For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins.” j8:12 Cf. Jer 31:31-34 ISV — Hebrews 8:12
13 In speaking of a “new” covenant, he has made the first one obsolete, and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. ISV — Hebrews 8:13