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Hebrews 8

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Introduction

1  By the eternal priesthood of Christ the Levitical priesthood of Aaron is abolished;
7  and the temporal covenant with the fathers, by the eternal covenant of the Gospel.
Verse 1

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
sum
Or, chief, principal point, in both which senses is used by profane writers.
We have
7:26-28
who
1:3,13, 10:12, 12:2, Ephesians 6:20, Colossians 3:1, Revelation 3:21
the Majesty
1 Chronicles 29:11, Job 37:22, Psalms 21:5, 45:3,4, 104:1, 145:12, Isaiah 24:14, Micah 5:4
Verse 2

A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
minister
9:8-12, 10:21, Exodus 28:1,35, Luke 24:44, Romans 15:8
the sanctuary
or, holy things. the true.
9:11,23,24
which
11:10, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Colossians 2:11
Verse 3

For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
serve
5:1, 7:27
have
9:14, 10:9-12, John 6:51, Ephesians 5:2, Titus 2:14
Verse 4

For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
he should
7:11-15, Numbers 16:40, 17:12,13, 18:5, 2 Chronicles 26:18,19
there are priests
or, they are priests. gifts. [doron] gifts, or offerings, comprehended propitiatory sacrifices as well as freewill-offerings.
See
11:4
Verse 5

Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
unto
[skia]
the example
9:9,23,24, 10:1, Colossians 2:17
See
Exodus 25:40, 26:30, 27:8, Numbers 8:4, 1 Chronicles 28:12,19, Acts 7:44
pattern
[tupos] type, plan, or form.
Verse 6

But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
obtained
7-13, 2 Corinthians 3:6-11
the mediator
7:22, 12:24, Galatians 3:19,20
covenant
or, testament.
7:22, 9:15-20
was established
[nomotheteo] "was ordained (or established) by law."
upon
8:10-12, Romans 9:4, Galatians 3:16-21, Titus 1:2, 2 Peter 1:4
Verse 7

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
had
6, 7:11,18, Galatians 3:21
Verse 8

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
he saith
Jeremiah 31:31-34
the days
10:16,17, Jeremiah 23:5,7, 30:3, 31:27,31-34,38, Luke 17:22
a new
9:15, 12:24, Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20, 1 Corinthians 11:25, 2 Corinthians 3:6
covenant
Isaiah 55:3, Jeremiah 32:40, 33:24-26, Ezekiel 16:60,61, 37:26
Verse 9

Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
the covenant
9:18-20, Exodus 24:3-11, 34:10,27,28, Deuteronomy 5:2,3, 29:1,12, Galatians 3:15-19, Galatians 4:24
I took
Genesis 19:16, Job 8:20; *marg:; Song of Solomon 8:5, Isaiah 41:13, 51:18, Mark 8:23, Acts 9:8, 13:11
to lead
Exodus 19:4,5, Psalms 77:20, 78:52-54, 105:43, 136:11-14, Isaiah 40:11, 63:9, Isaiah 63:11-13
they continued
Exodus 32:8, Deuteronomy 29:25, 31:16-18, Joshua 23:15,16, 2 Kings 17:15-18, Psalms 78:10, Psalms 78:11,57, Isaiah 24:5,6, Jeremiah 11:7,8, 22:8,9, 31:32, Ezekiel 16:8,59, Ezekiel 20:37,38
regarded
Judges 10:13,14, Lamentations 4:16, Amos 5:22, Malachi 2:13
Verse 10

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
this is
10:16,17
I will put
Gr. I will give.
Exodus 24:4,7, 34:1,27, Deuteronomy 30:6, Jeremiah 31:33, 32:40, Ezekiel 11:19, 36:26,27, 2 Corinthians 3:3,7,8, James 1:18,21, 1 Peter 1:23
in
or, upon. I will be.
11:16, Genesis 17:7,8, Song of Solomon 2:16, Jeremiah 24:7, 31:1,33, 32:38, Ezekiel 11:20, 36:28, Ezekiel 37:27, 39:22, Hosea 1:10, 2:23, Zechariah 8:8, 13:9, Matthew 22:32, 1 Corinthians 6:16
they shall
Exodus 19:5,6, Romans 9:25,26, Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 2:9
Verse 11

And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
they shall
Isaiah 2:3, 54:13, Jeremiah 31:34, John 6:45, 1 John 2:27
Know the
2 Kings 17:27,28, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 30:22, Ezra 7:25
for all
Isaiah 54:13, Jeremiah 24:7, Ezekiel 34:30, Habakkuk 2:14, 1 John 5:20
from
Jeremiah 6:13, 42:1,8, 44:12, Acts 8:10
Verse 12

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
10:16,17, Psalms 25:7, 65:3, Isaiah 43:25, 44:22, Jeremiah 33:8, 50:20, Micah 7:19, Acts 13:38,39, Romans 11:27, Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 1:14, 1 John 1:7-9, 2:1,2, Revelation 1:5
Verse 13

In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
A new
he hath
7:11,12,18,19, 9:9,10
ready
Isaiah 51:6, Matthew 24:35, 1 Corinthians 13:8, 2 Corinthians 5:17

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