8:1 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: 1 We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2
8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put 3 my laws in their minds 4 and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people. 5
8:12 “For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer.” 6
8:13 When he speaks of a new covenant, 7 he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear. 8
1 tn Grk “the main point of the things being said.”
2 sn An allusion to Ps 110:1; see Heb 1:3, 13.
3 tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”
4 tn Grk “mind.”
5 tn Grk “I will be to them for a God and they will be to me for a people,” following the Hebrew constructions of Jer 31.
6 sn A quotation from Jer 31:31-34.
7 tn Grk “when he says, ‘new,’” (referring to the covenant).
8 tn Grk “near to disappearing.”