 1 Now, here is a summary of the things being spoken: We have such a high priest, who is set at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the Heavens. 2 He is a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle that the Lord built+, and not man. 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this man have something to offer, also. 4 For if He were on Earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law, 5 who serve the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished by God when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said: See that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain. Exodus 25:40 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, as He is also the mediator of a better covenant~ established upon better promises. 7 For if that first were faultless~, then no place would have been sought for the second. 8 Because in finding fault with them, He says: Behold the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant~ with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, Jeremiah 31:31 9 not 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 did not continue in my covenant~, I ignored+ them, says the Lord. Jeremiah 31:32 10 For this is the covenant~ that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind and write them in their hearts. I will be to them God. And they shall be my people. Jeremiah 31:33 11 They shall not teach every+ neighbor and every+ brother saying: Know the Lord. For everyone will know me, from the least to the greatest. Jeremiah 31:34 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no longer+. Jeremiah 31:34 13 In that He said: A new, He has made the first old. Now what is decaying and growing+ old is ready to vanish away.
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