8:1  Now the main point in what we have said consists of this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

8:2  a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

8:3  For every high priest receives appointment to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it becomes necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

8:4  Now if He lived on earth, He would serve as a priest at all, since there exist those who offer the gifts according to the Law;

8:5  who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as God warned Moses when he intended to erect the tabernacle; for, "SEE," He says, "THAT YOU MAKE all things ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN WHICH I SHOWED YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN."

8:6  But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He serves also as the mediator of a better covenant, which God has enacted on better promises.

8:7  For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have existed no occasion sought for a second.

8:8  For finding fault with them, He says, "BEHOLD, DAYS COME, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL EFFECT A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH;

8:9  NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS ON THE DAY WHEN I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; FOR THEY DID NOT CONTINUE IN MY COVENANT, AND I DID NOT CARE FOR THEM, SAYS THE LORD.

8:10  "FOR THIS COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS. AND I WILL RULE AS THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BECOME MY PEOPLE.

8:11  "AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACH EVERYONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN, AND EVERYONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, 'KNOW THE LORD,' FOR ALL WILL KNOW ME, FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.

8:12  "FOR I WILL HAVE MERCY FOR THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE."

8:13  When He said, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete But whatever becomes obsolete and grows old, ready to disappear.