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Hebrews 8

6 He proveth the abolishing aswell of the Levitical Priesthood, as of the old Covenant by the spiritual and everlasting Priesthood of Christ, 8 And by the new Covenant.
1.Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum, that we have such an high Priest, that sitteth at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in heavens,
2.And is a minister of the aSanctuary, and of the true bTabernacle which the Lord pight, and not cman.
3.For devery high Priest is ordained to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it was of necessity, that this man should have somewhat also to offer.
4.For he were not a Priest, if he were on the earth, seeing there are Priests that according to the Law offer gifts,
5.Who serve unto the pattern & shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned by God, when he was about to finish the Tabernacle. *See, said he, that thou make all things according to the epattern, shewed to thee in the mount.
6.But now our high Priest hath obtained a more excellent office, in asmuch as he is the Mediator of a better ^Testament, which is established upon better promises.
7.For if that first Testament had been faultless, no place should have been sought for the second.
8.For in rebuking them he saith,*Behold, the days will fcome, saith the Lord, when I shall make with the house of Israel, and with the housegof Juda a new Testament:
9.Not like the Testament that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt: for they hcontinued not in my Testament, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10.For this is the Testament that I will make with the house of Israel, After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws in their mind, and in their heart I will write them, and I will be their God, and they shalbe my people,
11.And they shall notiteach every man his neighbour & every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.
12.For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.
13.In that he saith a new Testament, he hath abrogate the old: now that which is disannulled and waxed old, is ready to vanish away.

Notes

2-a.
That is, heaven.
2-b.
Which is the body of Christ.
2-c.
For else it should be corruptible.
3-d.
He proves that Christ’s body is the true Tabernacle, and that he must needs be made man, to the intent that he might have a thing to offer, which was his body.
5-*.
Exod. 25.40, Act 7.44.
5-e.
Seeing the offerings of the Levites were but shadows of heavenly things, as appears by the oracle to Moses, it follows then that Christ’s heavenly Sanctuary, his Tabernacle and office are far more excellent.
6-^.
Or, covenant.
8-*.
Jer. 31.33, Rom. 11.27, chap. 10.16.
8-f.
That is, when Christ shall remit our sins by the preaching of the Gospel.
8-g.
Signifying that there should be no more division, but all shalbe made one Church.
9-h.
Man by transgressing the bands of the Covenant, could not enjoy the commodity thereof.
11-i.
Men shall not in the time of the Gospel be so ignorant, as they were before, but shall know God much more perfectly through Christ.