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Hebrews 8:6

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But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

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Hebrews 8:6 in other translations

But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.

Hebrews 8:6 · World English Bible

Hebrews 8:6 in context

  1. 4Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;
  2. 5who serve that which is a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses is warned of God when he is about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was showed thee in the mount.
  3. 6But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.
  4. 7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.
  5. 8For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;