Hebrews 8
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Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, a who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
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a Minister of b the sanctuary and of c the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.
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For d every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore e it is necessary that this One also have something to offer.
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For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;
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who serve f the copy and g shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, h "See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."
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But now i He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a j better covenant, which was established on better promises.
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For if that k first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
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Because finding fault with them, He says: l "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 -
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"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, and I disregarded them, says the LORD.
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"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the m LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and n I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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o "None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, 'Know the p LORD,' for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.
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"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, q and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more."
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r In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
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Cross References
Psalms 68:18
You have ascended on high, You have led captivi...
Psalms 110:1
The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand...
Ephesians 1:20
Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him fr...
Colossians 3:1
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those...
Hebrews 2:17
Therefore, in all things He had to be made like...
Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heav...
Hebrews 10:12
But this Man, after He had offered one sacrific...
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Cross References
Hebrews 9:8
The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.
Hebrews 9:12
Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
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Cross References
Hebrews 9:11
But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
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Cross References
Romans 4:25
Who was delivered up because of our offenses, a...
Romans 5:6
For when we were still without strength, in due...
Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in...
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ; it is no lon...
Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us a...
Hebrews 5:1
For every high priest taken from among men is a...
Hebrews 8:4
For if He were on earth, He would not be a prie...
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Cross References
Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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Cross References
Hebrews 9:23
Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
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Cross References
Colossians 2:17
Which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Hebrews 10:1
For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect.
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Cross References
Exodus 25:40
And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.
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Cross References
2 Corinthians 3:6 - 8
Who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
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Cross References
Luke 22:20
Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.
Hebrews 7:22
By so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.
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Cross References
Exodus 3:8
So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.
Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 31:31 - 34
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 -
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Cross References
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Romans 11:27
For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.
Hebrews 10:16
"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,"
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Cross References
Zechariah 8:8
I will bring them back, And they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. They shall be My people And I will be their God, In truth and righteousness.
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Cross References
Isaiah 54:13
All your children shall be taught by the LORD, And great shall be the peace of your children.
John 6:45
It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.
1 John 2:27
But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 31:34
"No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."
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Cross References
Romans 11:27
For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins.
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Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
Hebrews 1:11
They will perish, but You remain; And they will all grow old like a garment.
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