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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Hebrews 8 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hebrews/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/hebrews/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Hebrews 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrews/7.htm" title="Hebrews 7">◄</a> Hebrews 8 <a href="../hebrews/9.htm" title="Hebrews 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/hebrews/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Christ Is Our High Priest</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Here is the main point: We have a High Priest who sat down in the place of honor beside the throne of the majestic God in heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>There he ministers in the heavenly Tabernacle,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> the true place of worship that was built by the Lord and not by human hands.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And since every high priest is required to offer gifts and sacrifices, our High Priest must make an offering, too. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If he were here on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there already are priests who offer the gifts required by the law. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But when God found fault with the people, he said:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“The day is coming, says the LORD,</p><p class="line2">when I will make a new covenant</p><p class="line2">with the people of Israel and Judah.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This covenant will not be like the one</p><p class="line2">I made with their ancestors</p><p class="line1">when I took them by the hand</p><p class="line2">and led them out of the land of Egypt.</p><p class="line1">They did not remain faithful to my covenant,</p><p class="line2">so I turned my back on them, says the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But this is the new covenant I will make</p><p class="line2">with the people of Israel on that day,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> says the LORD:</p><p class="line1">I will put my laws in their minds,</p><p class="line2">and I will write them on their hearts.</p><p class="line1">I will be their God,</p><p class="line2">and they will be my people.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And they will not need to teach their neighbors,</p><p class="line2">nor will they need to teach their relatives,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="line2">saying, ‘You should know the LORD.’</p><p class="line1">For everyone, from the least to the greatest,</p><p class="line2">will know me already.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And I will forgive their wickedness,</p><p class="line2">and I will never again remember their sins.”<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When God speaks of a “new” covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">tent;</span><span class="ft"> also in 8:5.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:5 </span><span class="ft">Exod 25:40; 26:30.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:10 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">after those days.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:11 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="it">their brother.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:8-12 </span><span class="ft">Jer 31:31-34.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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