1Here is a summary of the things we are discussing: We have this kind of high priest. He sat down at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in heaven. 2He is a minister of the Holy Place and of the true Tabernacle, built by Jehovah and not man. 3Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. It is necessary to have something to offer. 4If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law. 5The work they do as priests is only a copy and a shadow of what is in heaven. It is the same as it was with Moses. When he was about to build the sacred tent, God told him: »Be sure to make everything according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain.« 6Jesus has obtained a more excellent ministry. The covenant that he arranged between God and his people is a better one, because it is based on promises of better things. 7If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, there would not have been a need for a second one. 8God finds fault with his people and said to them: »‘The time is coming,’ says Jehovah, ‘when I will draw up a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. (Jeremiah 31:31) 9»‘It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them, and so I paid no attention to them. 10»‘This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,’ said Jehovah: ‘I will put my teachings laws in their mind, I will write them upon their hearts deep thoughtunderstanding. I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Jeremiah 31:32) 11»‘They will not teach a neighbor or brother saying: »Know Jehovah.« All will know me from the little one among them to the great among them. (Hosea 2:20) 12»‘I will forgive their wickedness and I will remember their sins no more.’« 13By calling this covenant »new,« he has made the first one old obsolete. That which grows old and aged will soon disappear.