Hebrews 8:3-5
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3 Every high priest is chosen to offer gifts and sacrifices. So this high priest must have something to offer also.
4 If he were still on earth, he would not be a priest. There are priests on earth already who offer gifts the way the law says.
5 The work they do shows what the work of the priest in heaven is. When Moses made a house for God, here is what God told him to do. He said, `Be sure you make everything like I showed you on the mountain.'
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Hebrews 8:3-5
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3 Every high priest(A) is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices,(B) and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.(C) 4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.(D) 5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy(E) and shadow(F) of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned(G) when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”[a](H)
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- Hebrews 8:5 Exodus 25:40
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