Hebrews 8:7

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

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  • Heb 7:11 : 11 If perfection could have been achieved through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), why was there still a need for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than one according to the order of Aaron?
  • Heb 7:18 : 18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless,
  • Heb 8:6 : 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.
  • Gal 3:21 : 21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.

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  • Heb 8:8-9
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    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.'

    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.

  • Heb 8:4-6
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    4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who 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.'

    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.

  • Heb 8:12-13
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    12 For I will be merciful toward their unrighteousness, and I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.

    13 By calling this covenant 'new,' he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.

  • Heb 7:15-22
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    15 And this becomes even more evident if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

    16 one who has become a priest not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.

    17 For it is testified: 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'

    18 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless,

    19 (for the law made nothing perfect), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

    20 And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath,

    21 but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him: 'The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: You are a priest forever.'

    22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

  • Heb 7:11-13
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    11 If perfection could have been achieved through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), why was there still a need for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, rather than one according to the order of Aaron?

    12 For when there is a change in the priesthood, there must also be a change in the law.

    13 For the one about whom these things are spoken belongs to a different tribe, one from which no one has ever served at the altar.

  • Heb 9:15-18
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    15 Therefore, Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

    16 For where there is a will, it must be established that the death of the one who made it has occurred.

    17 For a will takes effect only when someone has died; it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.

    18 This is why even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood.

  • Heb 9:1
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    1 The first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.

  • Heb 8:2
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    2 He serves in the holy place and the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man.

  • Heb 9:6-9
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    6 When these things were arranged this way, the priests would regularly enter the first room of the tabernacle to perform their ministry.

    7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and only once a year, never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

    8 By this, the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

    9 This is a symbol for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered cannot perfect the worshiper in conscience.

  • Heb 10:1-2
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    1 For the law, being only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those realities, can never, through the same sacrifices that are continually offered year after year, make those who draw near perfect.

    2 Otherwise, wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having been cleansed once for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

  • Heb 7:28
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    28 For the law appoints men who are weak as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

  • Heb 2:2
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    2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty,

  • Heb 11:40
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    40 Since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

  • Heb 9:11
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    11 But Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are to come. He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

  • Heb 10:8-9
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    8 After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law—

    9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second.

  • Heb 4:8
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    8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

  • Jer 31:31-32
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    31 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.

    32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them, declares the LORD.

  • Heb 12:17
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    17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He found no opportunity for repentance, even though he sought it with tears.

  • Heb 6:17
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    17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

  • Heb 4:5-6
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    5 And again, in the same passage, "They shall not enter My rest."

    6 Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had the good news proclaimed to them did not enter because of disobedience,

  • 2 Cor 3:10
    69%

    10 Indeed, what once had glory now has no glory at all because of the surpassing glory.

  • Gal 3:17
    68%

    17 This is what I mean: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus cancel the promise.

  • 2 Cor 3:7
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    7 If the ministry of death, carved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not look intently at Moses’ face because of its glory, which was passing away,

  • Heb 10:4
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    4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

  • Mal 2:8
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    8 But you have turned aside from the way, and by your teaching have caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant with Levi, says the Lord of Hosts.

  • Gal 2:18
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    18 For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

  • Gal 3:15
    68%

    15 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life: Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly ratified, so it is in this case.