Christ’s Eternal Priesthood 1 RV Now in the things which we are saying the chief point is this : We have such a high priest, who sat down on 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 RV a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. BSB BSB: and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
3 RV For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to 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 RV Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer 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 RV who serve that which is a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of God when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was shewed thee in the mount. 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.”
The New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:26–40)
6 RV But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon 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 RV For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second. BSB BSB: For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
9 RV Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith 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 RV For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me 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 RV And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them. 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 RV For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more. BSB BSB: For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
13 RV In that he saith, A new covenant , he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away. 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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