Chapter 8
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
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
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.
which
11:10 2 Corinthians 5:1 Colossians 2:11
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
have
9:14 10:9-12 John 6:51 Ephesians 5:2 Titus 2:14
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 (dw‹ron)] gifts, or offerings, comprehended propitiatory sacrifices as well as freewill-offerings.
See
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
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 (tu/pov)] type, plan, or form.
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
the mediator
covenant
or, testament.
was established
[nomotheteo (nomoqete—omai)] "was ordained (or established) by law."
upon
8:10-12 Romans 9:4 Galatians 3:16-21 Titus 1:2 2 Peter 1:4
For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
had
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ready
Isaiah 51:6 Matthew 24:35 1 Corinthians 13:8 2 Corinthians 5:17