Hebrews 8

1 And the sum concerning the things spoken of [is]: we have such a Chief Priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Greatness 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 a servant of the holy places, and of the true dwelling place, which the LORD set up, and not man,

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

3 for every chief priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, from where [it is] necessary for this One to also have something that He may 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 for if, indeed, He were on earth, He would not be a priest (there being the priests who are offering 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 to an example and shadow serve of the heavenly things, as Moses has been divinely warned, being about to construct the Dwelling Place, for, “See,” He says, “[that] you will make all things according to the pattern that was 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 service, how much He is also mediator of a better covenant, which has been sanctioned on 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 for if that first were faultless, a place would not have been sought for a second.

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

8 For finding fault, He says to them, “Behold, days come, says the LORD, and I will complete with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, a new covenant,

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 of My taking [them] by their hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt—because they did not remain in My covenant, and I did not regard 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 because this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, says the LORD, giving My laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be to them for a God, and they will be to Me for a 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 and they will not each teach his neighbor, and each his brother, saying, Know the LORD, because they will all know Me—from the small one of them to the great one 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 because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and I will remember their sins and their lawlessnesses no more.”

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

13 In the saying “new,” He has made the first obsolete, and what is becoming obsolete and growing old [is] near disappearing.

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