But now (A)He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a (B)better covenant, which was established on better promises.

A New Covenant(C)

For if that (D)first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Because finding fault with them, He says: (E)“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah

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But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the (A)mediator of (B)a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

A New Covenant

For (C)if that first covenant had been free of fault, no [a]circumstances would have been sought for a second. For in finding fault with [b]the people, He says,

(D)Behold, days are coming, says the Lord,
[c]When I will bring about (E)a new covenant
With the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

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  1. Hebrews 8:7 Lit place
  2. Hebrews 8:8 Lit them
  3. Hebrews 8:8 Lit And

But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant(A) of which he is mediator(B) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(C) But God found fault with the people and said[a]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant(D)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.

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  1. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.

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.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

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:

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But as it is, Christ[a] has obtained a ministry that is (A)as much more excellent than the old as (B)the covenant (C)he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. (D)For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.

For he finds fault with them when he says:[b]

(E)“Behold, 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,

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  1. Hebrews 8:6 Greek he
  2. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts For finding fault with it he says to them

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the (A)Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and (B)I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 11 (C)None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the (D)Lord,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, (E)and their sins [a]and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”

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  1. Hebrews 8:12 NU omits and their lawless deeds

10 (A)For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel
After those days, declares the Lord:
[a]I will put My laws into their minds,
And write them (B)on their hearts.
And I will be their God,
And they shall be My people.
11 (C)And they will not teach, each one his fellow citizen,
And each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
For (D)they will all know Me,
From [b]the least to the greatest of them.
12 (E)For I will be merciful toward their wrongdoings,
(F)And their sins I will no longer remember.”

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  1. Hebrews 8:10 Lit Putting my laws into...
  2. Hebrews 8:11 Lit small to great of them

10 This is the covenant(A) I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.(B)
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.(C)
11 No longer will they teach their neighbor,
    or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,(D)
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will forgive their wickedness
    and will remember their sins no more.(E)[a](F)

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  1. Hebrews 8:12 Jer. 31:31-34

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.

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10 (A)For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
    after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
    and (B)write them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
    and they shall be my people.
11 And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
    and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for they shall (C)all know me,
    from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
    (D)and I will remember their sins no more.”

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16 (A)“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,”

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16 (A)This is the covenant which I will make with them
After those days, declares the Lord:
I will put My laws upon their hearts,
And write them on their mind,”

He then says,

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16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
    after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
    and I will write them on their minds.”[a](A)

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  1. Hebrews 10:16 Jer. 31:33

16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

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16 (A)“This is the covenant that I will make with them
    after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
    and write them on their minds,”

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(A)For there is one God and (B)one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus,

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For there is (A)one God, and (B)one mediator also between God and mankind, the (C)man Christ Jesus,

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For there is one God(A) and one mediator(B) between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,(C)

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For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

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For (A)there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man[a] Christ Jesus,

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  1. 1 Timothy 2:5 men and man render the same Greek word that is translated people in verses 1 and 4

24 to Jesus (A)the Mediator of the new covenant, and to (B)the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things (C)than that of Abel.

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24 and to Jesus, the (A)mediator of a new covenant, and to the (B)sprinkled blood, which speaks better than (C)the blood of Abel.

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24 to Jesus the mediator(A) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood(B) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(C)

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24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

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24 and to Jesus, (A)the mediator of a new covenant, and to (B)the sprinkled blood (C)that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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