Hebrews 8

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¹ Now the main point in the things that have been stated is this: that we have so great a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,	¹ 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 majesty in the heavens,
² who is the minister of holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which was established by the Lord, not by man.	² A minister of the holies, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord hath pitched, and not man.
³ For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, it is necessary for him also to have something to offer.	³ For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer.
⁴ And so, if he were upon the earth, he would not be a priest, since there would be others to offer gifts according to the law,	⁴ If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest: seeing that there would be others to offer gifts according to the law,
⁵ gifts which serve as mere examples and shadows of the heavenly things. And so it was answered to Moses, when he was about to complete the tabernacle: “See to it,” he said, “that you make everything according to the example which was revealed to you on the mountain.”	⁵ Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things. As it was answered to Moses, when he was to finish the tabernacle: See (saith he) that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shewn thee on the mount.
⁶ But now he has been granted a better ministry, so much so that he is also the Mediator of a better testament, which has been confirmed by better promises.	⁶ But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament, which is established on better promises.
⁷ For if the former one had been entirely without fault, then a place certainly would not have been sought for a subsequent one.	⁷ For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second.
⁸ For, finding fault with them, he says: “Behold, the days shall arrive, says the Lord, when I will consummate a New Testament over the house of Israel and the house of Judah,	⁸ For finding fault with them, he saith: Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect unto the house of Israel, and unto the house of Juda, a new testament:
⁹ not according to the testament which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand, so that I might lead them away from the land of Egypt. For they did not remain in my testament, and so I disregarded them, says the Lord.	⁹ Not according to the testament which I made to their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: because they continued not in my testament: and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
¹⁰ For this is the testament which I will set before the house of Israel, after those days, says the Lord. I will instill my laws in their minds, and I will inscribe my laws on their hearts. And so, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.	¹⁰ For this is the testament which I will make to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my laws into their mind, and in their heart will I write them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
¹¹ And they will not teach, each one his neighbor, and each one his brother, saying: ‘Know the Lord.’ For all shall know me, from the least, even to the greatest of them.	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 of them:
¹² For I will forgive their iniquities, and I will no longer remember their sins.”	¹² Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.
¹³ Now in saying something new, he has made the former old. But that which decays and grows old is close to passing away.	¹³ Now in saying a new, he hath made the former old. And that which decayeth and groweth old, is near its end.