Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who (A)offer the gifts according to the Law; who serve (B)a copy and (C)shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses [a]was (D)warned by God when he was about to erect the [b]tabernacle; for, “(E)See,” He says, “that you make all things according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the (F)mediator of (G)a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:5 Lit has been
  2. Hebrews 8:5 Or sacred tent