Hebrews 8

1 Now the main point of the things we are saying is this: We do have such a High Priest, who sat down at the right of the Majesty's throne in the heavens,

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

2 Minister of the Holy Places, that is, of the true Tabernacle which the Lord set up, not man.

and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.

3 Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices (it follows that it is necessary for this One also to have something He might offer)

And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.

4 —if He were on earth He would not be a priest, there already being priests who offer the gifts according to the Law;

Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things (that is why Moses was warned by God when he was ready to assemble the Tabernacle: “See to it,” He says, “that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain”)—

The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

6 but now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, just as He is Mediator of a better covenant, which was enacted as law on the basis of better promises.

Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.

7 Now if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for a second one;

For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

8 but finding fault with them He says: “Listen! Days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah

But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares 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 did not abide by my covenant and so I disregarded them,” says the Lord.

It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them,

10 “Now this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord, “I will put my laws into their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God and they will be my people.

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

11 Further, not one of them will teach his neighbor and not one his brother saying, ‘Get to know the Lord!’ because they all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.

No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.

12 For I will be merciful to their wrongdoings; I will not at all remember their sins and their lawless deeds.”

For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

13 By saying ‘new’ He has made the first one ‘old’; and what is obsolete and aging is near the end.

By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.