Hebrews 8:1-10 ▼

1 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

2 a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.

3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.

4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

5 The place where they serve is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God as he was about to complete the tabernacle. For he says, |See that you make everything according to the design shown to you on the mountain.|

6 But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one.

8 But showing its fault, God says to them, |Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

9 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.