| New King James Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, | 1Now the main point of what is being said is this: We have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, |
| 2a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man. | 2a minister of the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that was set up by the Lord and not man. |
| 3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. | 3For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore it was necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. |
| 4For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; | 4Now if He were on earth, He wouldn't be a priest, since there are those offering the gifts prescribed by the law. |
| 5who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” | 5These serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain. |
| 6But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. | 6But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree He is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been legally enacted on better promises. |
| 7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. | 7For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one. |
| 8Because finding fault with them, He says: “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah — | 8But finding fault with His people, He says: Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah-- |
| 9not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD. | 9not like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by their hands to lead them out of the land of Egypt. I disregarded them, says the Lord, because they did not continue in My covenant. |
| 10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. | 10But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people. |
| 11None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. | 11And each person will not teach his fellow citizen, and each his brother, saying, "Know the Lord," because they will all know Me, from the least to the greatest of them. |
| 12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” | 12For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing, and I will never again remember their sins. |
| 13In that He says, “ A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. | 13By saying, a new covenant, He has declared that the first is old. And what is old and aging is about to disappear. |
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