1Christ, our great high priest in the heavens, hath a more excellent ministry than the priests on earth: 6as he is also the mediator of a better covenant than that which was given to Moses.
1NOW of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: aWe have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
a ch. 1.3,13; 3.1; 4.14; 5.6,10; 6.20; 7.3,11,17,21,26,28; 9.11,24; 10.12; 12.2. Col. 3.1. Ep. 1.20. 1Pe. 3.22. Ps. 110.1,4,5,7.
2bA minister 1of the sanctuary, and of cthe true *tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
1Or, of holy things.
*tabernacle-tent, dwelling.
b Ex. 30.10. Le. 16.15. ch. 9.2,8,11,12,24,25; 10.21. Ro. 15.8. c ch. 9.11. Jn. 1.14. Mat. 1.20. Lu. 1.35.
3dFor every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
d Ex. 28; 29. Le. 16. ch. 5.1; 7.27; 9.14; 10.11. Ep. 5.2,25. Tit. 2.14. Mat. 20.28. 1Ti. 2.6.
4For eif he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that 2there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
2Or, they are priests.
e ch. 7.11; 12.25; 1.3. Le. 1-16. 1Ch. 24.
5Who serve funto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the *tabernacle: gfor, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
*tabernacle-tent, dwelling.
f Col. 2.17. ch. 9.9,23; 10.1. g Ex. 25.40; 26.30. Nu. 8.4. Ac. 7.44. 1Ch. 28.19.
6hBut now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is ithe mediator of a better 3covenant, which was established upon better promises.
3Or, testament.
h 2Co. 3.6-11. Ga. 3.10-29. ch. 1.4; 7.16,22; 9.15. i ch. 12.24.
7jFor if that first cov enant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
j ch. 7.11-18. Ro. 8.3. Ga. 3.21.
8For finding fault with them, he saith, kBehold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
k Je. 31.31-34; 33.14; 32.40. Eze. 37.26. Is. 55.3,7. ch. 10.16. Ac. 3.26; 13.46. 1Jn. 2.7,8.
9lNot according to the covenant mthat I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; nbecause they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
l Jn. 1.17. 2Co. 3.6-11. m Ex. 12-14; 19. De. 1.31. Ho. 11.1,3. De. 5.2,3; 24.1. n Je. 11.7,8; 22.9. De. 29.25; 32.15. Ju. 2.11. 2Ki. 17.15-20. Ne. 9.26,27. Ps. 78.10,57.
10For othis is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will p4put my laws into their mind, and write them 5in their hearts: and qI will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
4Gr. give.
5Or, upon.
o ch. 10.16. p De. 30.6. Je. 31.33; 32.40. Eze. 11.19,20; 36.26,27. 2Co. 3.3; 5.17. Ps. 40.8. Ja. 1.18,21. 1Pe. 1.23. q Ex. 19.5,6. Ps. 50.7; 81.8,10. Je. 24.7; 30.22; 32.38,40. Eze. 11.20; 37.27; 36.28. Ho. 1.10; 2.23. Zec. 8.8; 13.9.
11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, rKnow the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
r Je. 31.24. Is. 54.13. Eze. 28.26; 34.30; 39.28. Jn. 6.45. 1Co. 2.10. 1Jn. 2.20,27; 5.20; 2.13,14. Joel 2.28. Jn. 7.39.
12sFor I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
s Je. 31.34; 33.8; 50.20. Is. 1.18; 43.25; 44.22. Mi. 7.18,19. Ac. 10.43; 13.39. Ro. 11.27. Ep. 1.7. Col. 1.14. ch. 10.16,17. Re. 1.5. 1Jn. 1.3,7,9; 2.1,2.
13In that he saith, tA new cov enant , he hath made the first old. uNow that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
t 2Co. 5.17. u ch. 7.11,12,18,19; 9.9,10.