- 1Now 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;
- 2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
- 3For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
- 4For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
- 5Who 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.
- 6But 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.
- 7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
- 8For 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:
- 9Not 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.
- 10For 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:
- 11And 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.
- 12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
- 13In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
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HEBREWS 8
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Hebrews 8 — Christ ministers in the true sanctuary and mediates the better covenant that places God’s law within His people and remembers sins no more.
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The earthly tabernacle and heavenly sanctuary are set in one typological landscape. Plain tablets and attentive faces suggest inwardly received law without visible lettering or glowing anatomical hearts; the Father remains unpictured.
Scripture basis: Hebrews 8:1–13King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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