New American Standard Bible 2020

Hebrews 8:3-6

3For every 1high priest is appointed 2to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

4Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are 3those who 4offer the gifts according to the Law;

5who serve 5a copy and 6shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses 7was 8warned by God when he was about to erect the 9tabernacle; for, “10See,” He says, “that you make all things by the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.”

6But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the 11mediator of 12a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

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Notes

1. Hebrews 8:3 Heb 2:17 ↩
2. Hebrews 8:3 Rom 4:25; 5:6, 8; Gal 2:20; Eph 5:2; Heb 5:1; 8:4 ↩
3. Hebrews 8:4 I.e., temple priests ↩
4. Hebrews 8:4 Heb 5:1; 7:27; 8:3; 9:9; 10:11 ↩
5. Hebrews 8:5 Heb 9:23 ↩
6. Hebrews 8:5 Col 2:17; Heb 10:1 ↩
7. Hebrews 8:5 Lit has been ↩
8. Hebrews 8:5 Matt 2:12; Heb 11:7; 12:25 ↩
9. Hebrews 8:5 Or sacred tent ↩
10. Hebrews 8:5 Ex 25:40 ↩
11. Hebrews 8:6 1 Tim 2:5 ↩
12. Hebrews 8:6 Luke 22:20; Heb 7:22; 8:8; 9:15; 12:24 ↩

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