of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
[17] For he testifieth, Thou art a priest
for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
[18] For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going
before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
[19] For the law made nothing perfect, but the
bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
[20] And inasmuch as not without
an oath he was made priest:
[21] (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by
him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec:)
[22] By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
[23] And they truly were
many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
[24] But this man, because
he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
[25] Wherefore he is able also to save them to the
uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
[26] For such
an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher
than the heavens;
[27] Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own
sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
[28] For the law maketh
men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the
Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
Heb.8
[1] Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set
on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
[2] A minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
[3] For every high priest is ordained to offer
gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
[4] For if he
were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the
law:
[5] Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God
when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to
the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
[6] But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how
much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
[7] For
if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
[8] For
finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
[9] Not according to the covenant that I made with
their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they
continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
[10] 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
write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
[11] And they
shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall
know me, from the least to the greatest.
[12] For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins
and their iniquities will I remember no more.
[13] In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first
old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Heb.9
[1] Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
[2] For
there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which
is called the sanctuary.
[3] And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
[4]
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was
the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
[5] And
over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
[6]
Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing
the service of God.
[7] But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood,
which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
[8] The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the
way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
[9]
Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could
not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
[10] Which stood only in meats
and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
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