Hebrews 8
The Mediator of a New
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Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on
the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; Ps.
110.1
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a minister of the sanctuary, and of the
true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
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For every high priest is ordained to
offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that
this man have somewhat also to offer.
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For if he were on earth, he should not be
a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according
to the law:
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who serve unto the example and shadow of
heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to
make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all
things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount. Ex.
25.40
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But now hath he obtained a more excellent
ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant,
which was established upon better promises.
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For if that first covenant had
been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the
second.
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For finding fault with them, he
saith,
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Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, |
when I will make a new covenant with the house of
Israel and with the house of
Judah: |
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not according to the covenant that I made
with their fathers,
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in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them
out of the land of Egypt; |
because they continued not in my covenant, |
and I regarded them not, saith the
Lord. |
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For this is the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israel
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after those days, saith the Lord; |
I will put my laws into their mind, |
and write them in their hearts: |
and I will be to them a God, |
and they shall be to me a
people: |
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and they shall not teach every man his
neighbor,
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and every man his brother, saying, Know the
Lord: |
for all shall know me, |
from the least to the
greatest. |
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For I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness,
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and their sins and their iniquities will I remember
no more. Jer.
31.31-34 |
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In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
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