For every (A)high priest is appointed (B)to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who (C)offer the gifts according to the Law; who serve (D)a copy and (E)shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses [a]was (F)warned by God when he was about to erect the [b]tabernacle; for, “(G)See,” He says, “that you make all things according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.”

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Footnotes

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