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“1 ¶ Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have
such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the
Majesty in the heavens; 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true
tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 3 For every high priest
is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore [it is] of
necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. 4 For if he were on
earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that
offer gifts according to the law: 5 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 shewed to thee in the mount.”
“6 ¶ 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. 7 For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then
should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault
with them, he saith, 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: 9 Not 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 continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them
not, saith the Lord. 10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with
the house of Israel 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: 11 And they shall not teach every
man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for
all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 12 For I will be
merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities
will I remember no more. 13 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.” (Hebrews 8:1-13 AV)
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