1 Now here is the main point: We have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

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;

2 He serves in the holy place and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man.

A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

3 Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.

For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.

4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.

For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:

5 These priests serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when he was about to set up the tabernacle. For God said, 'See that you make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.'

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.

6 But now Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry, as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been established on better promises.

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.

7 If that first covenant had been without fault, there would have been no need to seek a second one.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

8 But finding fault with them, he says: 'Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.'

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:

9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and so I turned away from them, declares the Lord.

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.

10 This is the covenant I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

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:

11 No longer will they teach their neighbors or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.

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.

12 For I will be merciful toward their unrighteousness, and I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

13 By calling this covenant 'new,' he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

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.