Thomson(i)
1 Now the sum of what I have said is this, Such a chief priest we have who hath taken a seat at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens:
2 he is a minister of the holies, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
3 For every chief priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary that H E should have something to offer;
4 for if he were on earth he could not be a priest, as there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law.
5 These perform divine service for a sample and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely admonished, when he was about to make the tabernacle, for it is said, "see that thou make all things according to the model shewn thee on this mountain."
6 Now then He hath more noble services allotted to him, in as much as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which is established on better promises.
7 For if the first covenant had been faultless there would have been no occasion for a second
8 for finding fault with them he saith, "Behold days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and the house of Judah.
9 not such a covenant as I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt; because they did not abide by that covenant of mine, therefore I took no care of them, saith the Lord.
10 This is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel, After these days, saith the Lord, adapting my laws to their understanding I will write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.