1 N ow a summary of the things of which we are speaking, We have such a one high priest who has sat down on right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens;

Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

2 m inister of the holy places and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord has pitched, not man.

a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

3 F or every high priest is constituted for the offering both of gifts and sacrifices; whence it is needful that this one also should have something which he may offer.

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

4 I f then indeed he were upon earth, he would not even be a priest, there being those who offer the gifts according to the law,

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

5 ( who serve the representation and shadow of heavenly things, according as Moses was oracularly told about to make the tabernacle; for See, saith He, that thou make all things according to the pattern which has been shewn to thee in the mountain.)

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

6 B ut now he has got a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is mediator of a better covenant, which is established on the footing of better promises.

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises. A New Covenant

7 F or if that first was faultless, place had not been sought for a second.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.

8 F or finding fault, he says to them, Behold, days come, saith the Lord, and I will consummate a new covenant as regards the house of Israel, and as regards the house of Juda;

For finding fault with them, He says, “ Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, When I will effect a new covenant With the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

9 n ot according to the covenant which I made to their fathers in day of my taking their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, saith Lord.

Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers On the day when I took them by the hand To lead them out of the land of Egypt; For they did not continue in My covenant, And I did not care for them, says the Lord.

10 B ecause this the covenant that I will covenant to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: Giving my laws into their mind, I will write them also upon their hearts; and I will be to them for God, and they shall be to me for people.

“ 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 minds, And I will write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, And they shall be My people.

11 A nd they shall not teach each his fellow-citizen, and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord; because all shall know me in themselves, from little one unto great among them.

“ And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen, And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ For all will know Me, From the least to the greatest of them.

12 B ecause I will be merciful to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will never remember any more.

“ For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And I will remember their sins no more.”

13 I n that he says New, he has made the first old; but that which grows old and aged near disappearing.

When He said, “ A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.