8 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.
