Hebrews 8

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1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest , who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle , which the Lord pitched, and not man. 3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer . 4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle : for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. 6 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 . 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless , then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 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 : 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 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. 13 In that he saith, A new covenant , he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. TG High Priest, Melchizedek Priesthood ; Jesus Christ, Authority of . Heb. 9:24 . Ex. 40:2 ; Heb. 9:11 (11–24) . Eph. 5:2 . JST Heb. 8:4 Therefore while he was on the earth, he offered for a sacrifice his own life for the sins of the people. Now every priest under the law, must needs offer gifts, or sacrifices, according to the law. TG Priest, Aaronic Priesthood . BD Priests . TG Jesus Christ, Types of, in Anticipation . Ex. 35:11 . Acts 7:44 . TG Jesus Christ, Atonement through ; Jesus Christ, Authority of . Heb. 7:22 . TG Covenants ; Priesthood, Melchizedek . TG Promise . Heb. 7:11 (11–16) . TG Israel, Judah, People of . TG Law of Moses . TG God, Law of . TG Mind . Jer. 31:33 ; 2 Cor. 3:3 . D&C 38:14 . TG Forgive . Heb. 9:15 ; 3 Ne. 12:47 (46–47) ; 15:3 (2–10) ; Ether 13:9 . TG New and Everlasting Covenant . 2 Cor. 5:17 . 3 Ne. 12:46 (19, 46) .