1 Now 2 in the things which we are saying the chief point is this : We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 1) Or Now to sum up what we are saying: We have etc 2) Gr upon
2a minister of 1 the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. 1) Or holy things
3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer.
4Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;
5who serve that which is a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of God when he is about to 1 make the tabernacle: for, 2 See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount. 1) Or complete 2) Ex 25:40
6But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.
7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.
8For 1 finding fault with them, he saith, 2 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will 3 make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; 1) Some ancient authorities read finding fault with it, he saith unto them etc 2) Jer 31:31 ff 3) Gr accomplish
9Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10For this is the covenant that 1 I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people: 1) Gr I will covenant
11And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.
12For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.
13In that he saith, A new covenant he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.