Berean Study Bible | International Standard Version |
1The 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, | 1Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we do have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven |
2and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man. | 2and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tent set up by the Lord and not by any human. |
3And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer. | 3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore, this high priest had to offer something, too. |
4Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law. | 4Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the Law. |
5The 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.” | 5They serve in a sanctuary that is a copy, a shadow of the heavenly one. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tent: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain." |
6Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises. | 6However, Jesus has now obtained a more superior ministry, since the covenant he mediates is founded on better promises. |
7For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second. | 7If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one, |
8But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. | 8but God found something wrong with his people when he said, "Look! The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. |
9It 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. | 9It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors at the time when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not remain loyal to my covenant, I ignored them, declares the Lord. |
10For 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. | 10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. |
11No 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. | 11Never again will everyone teach his neighbor or his brother by saying, 'Know the Lord,' because all of them will know me, from the least important to the most important. |
12For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.” | 12For I will be merciful regarding their wrong deeds, and I will never again remember their sins." |
13By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear. | 13In 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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