Meeting tents, sacrifices, and covenants

¹Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have this kind of high priest. He sat down at the right side of the throne of the majesty in the heavens.

²He’s serving as a priest in the holy place, which is the true meeting tent that God, not any human being, set up.

³Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. So it’s necessary for this high priest also to have something to offer.

⁴If he was located on earth, he wouldn’t be a priest because there are already others who offer gifts based on the Law.

⁵They serve in a place that is a copy and shadow of the heavenly meeting tent. This is indicated when Moses was warned by God when he was about to set up the meeting tent: “See that you follow the pattern that I showed you on the mountain in every detail ”.[#8.5 Exod 25:40]

⁶But now, Jesus has received a superior priestly service just as he arranged a better covenant that is enacted with better promises.

⁷If the first covenant had been without fault, it wouldn’t have made sense to expect a second.

⁸But God did find fault with them, since he says,

“Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, ”

⁹“It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors ”

“on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, ”

¹⁰“This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel ”

“I will place my laws in their minds, ”

“I will be their God, ”

“and they will be my people. ”

¹¹“And each person won’t ever teach a neighbor ”

“or their brother or sister, saying, ” “Know the Lord, ”

¹³When it says new, it makes the first obsolete. And if something is old and outdated, it’s close to disappearing.