Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 8
Hebrews 8 ASV - American Standard VersionChapter 8 of Hebrews—American Standard Version (ASV)
- ¶ [a]Now [b]in the things which we are saying the chief 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,
- a minister of [c]the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
- For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer.
- Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;
- who serve that which is a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of God when he is about to [d]make the tabernacle: for, 1See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.
- But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.
- For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.
- For [e]finding fault with them, he saith,
¶ 2Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,
¶ That I will [f]make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; - ¶ Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
¶ In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt;
¶ For they continued not in my covenant,
¶ And I regarded them not, saith the Lord. - ¶ For this is the covenant that [g]I will make with the house of Israel
¶ After those days, saith the Lord;
¶ I will put my laws into their mind,
¶ And on their heart also will I write them:
¶ And I will be to them a God,
¶ And they shall be to me a people: - ¶ And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen,
¶ And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord:
¶ For all shall know me,
¶ From the least to the greatest of them. - ¶ For I will be merciful to their iniquities,
¶ And their sins will I remember no more. - ¶ In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, Now to sum up what we are saying: We have etc.
- ^ Greek upon.
- ^ Or, holy things
- ^ Or, complete
- ^ Some ancient authorities read finding fault with it, he saith unto them etc.
- ^ Greek accomplish.
- ^ Greek I will covenant.
REFERENCES
- ^ Ex 25:40
- ^ Je 31:31-40
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