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They 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.”[a] However, Jesus[b] has now obtained a more superior ministry, since the covenant he mediates is founded on better promises.

The New Covenant is Better than the Old

If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need to look for a second one,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:5 Cf. Exod 25:40
  2. Hebrews 8:6 Lit. he