who serve (A)a copy and (B)shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses [a]was (C)warned by God when he was about to erect the [b]tabernacle; for, “(D)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 (E)mediator of (F)a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

A New Covenant

For (G)if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.

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Footnotes

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