1 GLT Now the point concerning the things being said{ is this}: We have such a high priest who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, BSB BSB: The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
2 GLT a servant of the holy{ place} and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not a man, set up. BSB BSB: and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
3 GLT For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, because of which{ it is} necessary also for this one to have something that he might offer. BSB BSB: And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.
4 GLT Now if indeed he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all,{ since} there are the ones offering the gifts according to the law; BSB BSB: Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.
5 GLT who serve an example and a shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses had been warned, being about to complete the tabernacle, for he says,“See that you will make everything according to the type that was shown to you on the mountain.” BSB BSB: The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
6 GLT But now he has obtained a far superior ministry, in as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been legislated on better promises. BSB BSB: Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
7 GLT For if that first{ covenant} would have been faultless, no place would have been sought{ for} a second one. BSB BSB: For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
9 GLT not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day{ when} I grasped their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not care about them, says the Lord. BSB BSB: It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
10 GLT For this{ is} the covenant that I will covenant with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord, putting my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be to them as God, and they will be to me as a people. BSB BSB: For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
11 GLT And they will certainly not teach each one his fellow citizen, and each one his brother, saying,‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. BSB BSB: No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
12 GLT For I will be merciful toward their unrighteousness, and their sins I will certainly not remember any longer.” BSB BSB: For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
13 GLT By saying“new,” he has made the first obsolete, and{ what} is being made obsolete and growing old{ is} near disappearing. BSB BSB: By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.
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