1The sum of what hath been spoken is, We have such an high priest, who is set down at the right-hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2A minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord hath fixed and not man. 3For every high priest is ordained to offer up gifts and sacrifices; whence it was necessary, that this also should have somewhat to offer. 4For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, there being priests that offer gifts, according to the law, 5Who serve after the pattern and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle; for, saith he, See thou make all things according to the pattern which was shewed thee on the mount. 6And now he hath obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much better a covenant he is a mediator of, which is established upon better promises. 7For if the first had been faultless, no place would have been sought for a second. 8For finding fault with them he saith, Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when I will finish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand, to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. 11And they shall not teach every one his neighbour, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least to the greatest. 12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 13In saying, a new covenant, he hath antiquated the first; now that which is antiquated and decayed, is ready to vanish away.