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A Better Ministry
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|Hébreux 8:1| Now the main point of what we have to say is this: we have such a High Priest,[the Christ] who is seated[in the place of honor] at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty (God) in heaven,
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|Hébreux 8:2| a Minister (Officiating Priest) in the holy places and in the true tabernacle, which is erected not by man, but by the Lord.
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|Hébreux 8:3| For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is essential for this One also to have something to offer.
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|Hébreux 8:4| Now if He were[still living] on earth, He would not be a priest at all, for there are priests who offer the gifts[to God] in accordance with the Law.
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|Hébreux 8:5| They serve as a pattern and foreshadowing of[what has its true existence and reality in] the heavenly things (sanctuary). For when Moses was about to erect the tabernacle, he was warned by God, saying, "See that you make it all[exactly] according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain ."
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|Hébreux 8:6| But as it is, Christ has acquired a[priestly] ministry which is more excellent[than the old Levitical priestly ministry] , for He is the Mediator (Arbiter) of a better covenant[uniting God and man] , which has been enacted and rests on better promises.
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A New Covenant
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|Hébreux 8:7| For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one or an attempt to institute another one[the new covenant] .
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|Hébreux 8:8|However, God finds fault with them [showing its inadequacy] when He says," Behold, the days will come, says the Lord ,When I will make andratify a new covenant With the house of Israel and with the house of Judah ;
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|Hébreux 8:9|Not like the covenant that 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 abide in My covenant ,And so I withdrew My favor anddisregarded them, says the Lord .
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|Hébreux 8:10|" For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, says the Lord :I will imprint My laws upon their minds [even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding] ,And engrave them upon their hearts [effecting their regeneration] .And I will be their God ,And they shall be My people .
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