1Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
2a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man.
3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
4For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the Torah,
5who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”8:5 Exodus 25:40
6But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as Torah.
7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
8For finding fault with them, he said,
9not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
10“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
11They will not teach every man his fellow citizen8:11 TR reads “neighbor” instead of “fellow citizen”
12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness.
13In that he says, “A new covenant”, he has made the first obsolete. But that which is becoming obsolete and grows aged is near to vanishing away.