{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/hebrews/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:21:41.943Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Hebrews","bookSlug":"hebrews","chapter":8,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":13,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now in the things which we are saying the chief point is this : We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that this high priest also have somewhat to offer."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Now 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;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"who 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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For 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;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, And on their heart also will I write them: And I will be to them a God, And they shall be to me a people:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"In that he saith, A new covenant he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hebrews 8 (ASV)","markdown":"[Hebrews 8](https://primebible.com/asv/hebrews/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/hebrews/8 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}