{"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/drb/hebrews/8","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:35:03.115Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Hebrews","bookSlug":"hebrews","chapter":8,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":7,"nextChapter":9,"totalChapters":13,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of majesty in the heavens, "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"A minister of the holies, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord hath pitched, and not man. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is necessary that he also should have some thing to offer. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"If then he were on earth, he would not be a priest: seeing that there would be others to offer gifts according to the law, "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things. As it was answered to Moses, when he was to finish the tabernacle: See (saith he) that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shewn thee on the mount. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But now he hath obtained a better ministry, by how much also he is a mediator of a better testament, which is established on better promises. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For if that former had been faultless, there should not indeed a place have been sought for a second. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For finding fault with them, he saith: Behold, the days shall come, saith the Lord: and I will perfect unto the house of Israel, and unto the house of Juda, a new testament: "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Not according to the testament which I made to their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt: because they continued not in my testament: and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"For this is the testament which I will make to the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will give my laws into their mind, and in their heart will I write them: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And they shall not teach every man his neighbour 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":"Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Now in saying a new, he hath made the former old. And that which decayeth and groweth old, is near its end. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Hebrews 8 (DRB)","markdown":"[Hebrews 8](https://primebible.com/drb/hebrews/8)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/hebrews/8 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}