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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 NIV</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="../">NIV</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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/hebrews/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">The High Priest of a New Covenant</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Exodus 25:40">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But God found fault with the people and said <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.">b</a></sup></span> :</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“The days are coming, declares the Lord,</p><p class="line2">when I will make a new covenant</p><p class="line1">with the people of Israel</p><p class="line2">and with the people of Judah.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>It will not be like the covenant</p><p class="line2">I made with their ancestors</p><p class="line1">when I took them by the hand</p><p class="line2">to lead them out of Egypt,</p><p class="line1">because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,</p><p class="line2">and I turned away from them,</p><p class="attribution">declares the Lord.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel</p><p class="line2">after that time, declares the Lord.</p><p class="line1">I will put my laws in their minds</p><p class="line2">and 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>No longer will they teach their neighbor,</p><p class="line2">or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’</p><p class="line1">because they will all know me,</p><p class="line2">from the least of them to the greatest.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For I will forgive their wickedness</p><p class="line2">and will remember their sins no more.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Jer. 31:31-34">c</a></sup></span> </p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotebot">Exodus 25:40</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">Some manuscripts may be translated <i>fault and said to the people.</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotebot">Jer. 31:31-34</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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