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Epistle to the Hebrews

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New Testament

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Hebrews 8

Hebrews 8 is the eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The name of the author is unknown, but it is a man and a friend of Saint Timothy based on the text in this book.

Contents

Text

  • The original text is written in Koine Greek.
  • Some of the oldest manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Freerianus (~AD 450; extant: verse 1-2, 7-11, 18-20, 27-28)
  • Codex Claromontanus (~AD 550)
  • This chapter is divided into 13 verses.

    • Structure

    This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

  • Hebrews 8:1-6 = The New Priestly Service
  • Hebrews 8:7-13 = A New Covenant

    • Verse 1

    New King James Version

    Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

    Verse 2

    New King James Version

    Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

    Verse 5

    New King James Version

    who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

    Citing Exodus 25:40

    Verse 13

    New King James Version

    In that He says, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

    References

    Hebrews 8 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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