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Hebrews 8:6-8
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Hebrews 8:6-8
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6 Now he has obtained so much more excellent a ministry as he is mediator of a better covenant, enacted on better promises.(A)
Old and New Covenants.[a] 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for a second one. 8 But he finds fault with them and says:[b]
“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,(B)
when I will conclude a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
Footnotes
- 8:7–13 Since the first covenant was deficient in accomplishing what it signified, it had to be replaced (Hb 8:7), as Jeremiah (Jer 31:31–34) had prophesied (Hb 8:8–12). Even in the time of Jeremiah, the first covenant was antiquated (Hb 8:13). In Hb 7:22–24, the superiority of the new covenant was seen in the permanence of its priesthood; here the superiority is based on better promises, made explicit in the citation of Jer 31:31–34 (LXX: 38), namely, in the immediacy of the people’s knowledge of God (Hb 8:11) and in the forgiveness of sin (Hb 8:12).
- 8:8–12 In citing Jeremiah the author follows the Septuagint; some apparent departures from it may be the result of a different Septuagintal text rather than changes deliberately introduced.
Hebrews 8:6-8
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Hebrews 8:6-8
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6 But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant(A) of which he is mediator(B) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
7 For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(C) 8 But God found fault with the people and said[a]:
“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant(D)
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.
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