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1. Here is the point of what we are saying: We have a high priest who sits on the right side of God's throne in heaven.
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1. Now G1161 of G1909 the things which we have spoken G3004 this is the sum G2774 : We have G2192 such G5108 a high priest G749 , who G3739 is set G2523 on G1722 the right hand G1188 of the G3588 throne G2362 of the G3588 Majesty G3172 in G1722 the G3588 heavens G3772 ;
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2. Our high priest serves in the Most Holy Place, the true place of worship that was made by God, not by humans.
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2. A minister G3011 of the G3588 sanctuary G39 , and G2532 of the G3588 true G228 tabernacle G4633 , which G3739 the G3588 Lord G2962 pitched G4078 , and G2532 not G3756 man G444 .
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3. Every high priest has the work of offering gifts and sacrifices to God. So our high priest must also offer something to God.
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3. For G1063 every G3956 high priest G749 is ordained G2525 to offer G4374 G5037 gifts G1435 and G2532 sacrifices G2378 : wherefore G3606 it is of necessity G316 that this man G5126 have G2192 somewhat G5100 G3739 also G2532 to offer G4374 .
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4. If our high priest were now living on earth, he would not be a priest, because there are already priests here who follow the law by offering gifts to God.
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4. For G1063 if G1487 he G3303 were G2258 on G1909 earth G1093 , he should not G3761 be G2258 G302 a priest G2409 , seeing that there are G5607 priests G2409 that offer G4374 gifts G1435 according G2596 to the G3588 law G3551 :
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5. The work they do as priests is only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. This is why God warned Moses when he was ready to build the Holy Tent: "Be very careful to make everything by the plan I showed you on the mountain."
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5. Who G3748 serve G3000 unto the example G5262 and G2532 shadow G4639 of heavenly things G2032 , as G2531 Moses G3475 was admonished of God G5537 when he was about G3195 to make G2005 the G3588 tabernacle G4633 : for G1063 , See G3708 , saith G5346 he, that thou make G4160 all things G3956 according G2596 to the G3588 pattern G5179 showed G1166 to thee G4671 in G1722 the G3588 mount G3735 .
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6. But the priestly work that has been given to Jesus is much greater than the work that was given to the other priests. In the same way, the new agreement that Jesus brought from God to his people is much greater than the old one. And the new agreement is based on promises of better things.
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6. But G1161 now G3570 hath he obtained G5177 a more excellent G1313 ministry G3009 , by how much G3745 also G2532 he is G2076 the mediator G3316 of a better G2909 covenant G1242 , which G3748 was established G3549 upon G1909 better G2909 promises G1860 .
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7. If there had been nothing wrong with the first agreement, there would have been no need for a second agreement.
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7. For G1063 if G1487 that G1565 first G4413 covenant had been G2258 faultless G273 , then should no G3756 G302 place G5117 have been sought G2212 for the second G1208 .
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8. But God found something wrong with his people. He says: "Look, the time is coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and the people of Judah.
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8. For G1063 finding fault G3201 with them G846 , he saith G3004 , Behold G2400 , the days G2250 come G2064 , saith G3004 the Lord G2962 , when G2532 I will make G4931 a new G2537 covenant G1242 with G1909 the G3588 house G3624 of Israel G2474 and G2532 with G1909 the G3588 house G3624 of Judah G2455 :
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9. It will not be like the agreement I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of Egypt. But they broke that agreement, and I turned away from them, says the Lord.
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9. Not G3756 according G2596 to the G3588 covenant G1242 that G3739 I made G4160 with their G846 fathers G3962 in G1722 the day G2250 when I G3450 took G1949 them G846 by the G3588 hand G5495 to lead G1806 them G846 out of G1537 the land G1093 of Egypt G125 ; because G3754 they G846 continued G1696 not G3756 in G1722 my G3450 covenant G1242 , and I G2504 regarded them not G272 G846 , saith G3004 the Lord G2962 .
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10. This is the agreement I will make with the people of Israel at that time, says the Lord. I will put my teachings in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
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10. For G3754 this G3778 is the G3588 covenant G1242 that G3739 I will make G1303 with the G3588 house G3624 of Israel G2474 after G3326 those G1565 days G2250 , saith G3004 the Lord G2962 ; I will put G1325 my G3450 laws G3551 into G1519 their G846 mind G1271 , and G2532 write G1924 them G846 in G1909 their G846 hearts G2588 : and G2532 I will be G2071 to them G846 a G1519 God G2316 , and G2532 they G846 shall be G2071 to me G3427 a G1519 people G2992 :
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11. People will no longer have to teach their neighbors and relatives to know the Lord, because all people will know me, from the least to the most important.
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11. And G2532 they shall not G3364 teach G1321 every man G1538 his G848 neighbor G4139 , and G2532 every man G1538 his G848 brother G80 , saying G3004 , Know G1097 the G3588 Lord G2962 : for G3754 all G3956 shall know G1492 me G3165 , from G575 the least G3398 G846 to G2193 the greatest G3173 G846 .
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12. I will forgive them for the wicked things they did, and I will not remember their sins anymore."
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12. For G3754 I will be G2071 merciful G2436 to their G846 unrighteousness G93 , and G2532 their G846 sins G266 and G2532 their G846 iniquities G458 will I remember G3415 no more G3364 G2089 .
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13. God called this a new agreement, so he has made the first agreement old. And anything that is old and worn out is ready to disappear.
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13. In that he saith G3004 , A new G2537 covenant, he hath made the first old G3822 G3588 G4413 . Now G1161 that which decayeth G3822 and G2532 waxeth old G1095 is ready to vanish away G1451 G854 .
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