1Nowof the things which we havespoken this is the sum: We havesuch an high priest, who is seton the right handof the throneof the Majestyin the heavens;
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A minister of the sanctuary, and of the truetabernacle, which the Lordpitched, andnotman.
3Forevery high priest is ordainedtooffergiftsandsacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this manhavesomewhatalsotooffer.
4Forif he wereonearth, he shouldnotbe a priest, seeing that there arepriests that offergiftsaccording to the law:
5Whoserve unto the exampleandshadow of heavenly things, asMoses was admonished of God when he was abouttomake the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the patternshewedtotheein the mount.
6Butnow hath he obtained a more excellentministry, by how muchalso he is the mediator of a bettercovenant, which was establisheduponbetterpromises.
7Forifthatfirst covenant had beenfaultless, then shouldnoplace have beensoughtfor the second.
8For finding faultwiththem, he saith, Behold, the dayscome, saith the Lord, when I will make a newcovenantwith the house of Israelandwith the house of Judah:
9Not according to the covenantthatI made withtheirfathersin the day when Itookthem by the handtoleadthem out of the landofEgypt; becausetheycontinuednotinmycovenant, and Iregardedthemnot, saith the Lord.
10Forthis is the covenantthat I will make with the house of Israelafterthosedays, saith the Lord; I will putmylawsintotheirmind, andwritethemintheirhearts: and I will betothem a God, andthey shall betome a people:
11And they shallnotteach every manhisneighbour, and every manhisbrother, saying, Know the Lord: forallshallknowme, from the leastto the greatest.
12For I will bemerciful to theirunrighteousness, andtheirsinsandtheiriniquities will I remembernomore.
13In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the firstold. Now that which decayethand waxeth old is ready to vanish away.