who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”†
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hebrews 8:5 in context
Hebrews 8:2–8
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a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man.
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For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.
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For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law,
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who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, “See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.”†
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But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.
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For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
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For finding fault with them, he said,
“Behold, the days are coming”, says the Lord,
“that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
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