These serve as a copy and shadow(A) of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.(B)[a] But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree He is the mediator(C) of a better covenant,(D) which has been legally enacted on better promises.(E)

A Superior Covenant

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one.

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