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Jesus, High Priest of a New Covenant

¹ Now the main point in what is being said is this: we have such a ^(C1)high priest, who sat down at ^(C2)the right hand of the throne of the ^(C2)Majesty in the heavens,² a ^(C1)minister ^(F1)in the ^(F2)holy places and ^(F1)in the ^(C2)true ^(F3)tabernacle, which the Lord ^(C3)pitched, not man.³ For every ^(C1)high priest is appointed ^(C2)to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.⁴ Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who ^(C1)offer the gifts according to the Law;⁵ who serve ^(C1)a copy and ^(C2)shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses ^(F1)was ^(C3)warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, "^(C4)SEE," He says, "THAT YOU MAKE all things ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN WHICH WAS SHOWN YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN."⁶ But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the ^(C1)mediator of ^(C2)a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.⁷ For ^(C1)if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.⁸ For finding fault with them, He says,

"^(C1)BEHOLD, DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE ^(F1)LORD,
^(F2)WHEN I WILL COMPLETE ^(C2)A NEW COVENANT
WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH;

^9 (C1)NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS
IN 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 ^(F1)LORD.

¹⁰ "^(C1)FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL
AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE ^(F1)LORD:
^(F2)I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS,
AND ^(C2)UPON THEIR HEARTS I WILL WRITE THEM.
AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD,
AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

¹¹ "^(C1)AND THEY SHALL NOT TEACH EVERYONE HIS FELLOW CITIZEN,
AND EVERYONE HIS BROTHER, SAYING, 'KNOW THE LORD,'
FOR ^(C2)ALL WILL KNOW ME,
FROM ^(F1)THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST OF THEM.

¹² "^(C1)FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES,
^(C2)AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE."