Verse 6
Hebrews 8:6
Bible in Basic English
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But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God (Elohim) has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.
Original Language Text
greek
⸀νυνὶ δὲ διαφορωτέρας τέτυχεν λειτουργίας, ὅσῳ καὶ κρείττονός ἐστιν διαθήκης μεσίτης, ἥτις ἐπὶ κρείττοσιν ἐπαγγελίαις νενομοθέτηται.
English Translation
But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, s much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.
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Chapter 8 Context
1
Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken h...
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2
As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God (Elohim), not by man.
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3
Now every high priest is given authority to take to God (Elohim) the things which are given and to m...
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4
If he had been on earth he would not have been a priest at all, because there are other priests who...
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5
Being servants of that which is a copy and an image of the things in heaven, as Moses, when he was a...
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6
But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God (Elohim) has made a better agreeme...
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For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a secon...
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8
For, protesting against them, he says, See, the days are coming when I will make a new agreement wit...
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9
Not like the agreement which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand, to be their gui...
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10
For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put m...
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11
And there will be no need for every man to be teaching his brother, or his neighbour, saying, This i...
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12
And I will have mercy on their evil-doing, and I will not keep their sins in mind.
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13
When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting ol...
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