3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are [a]those who offer the gifts according to the Law; 5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses [b]was warned by God when he was about to erect the [c]tabernacle; for, “See,” He says, “that you make all things by the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain.” 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, to the extent that He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

A New Covenant
7 For if that first covenant had been free of fault, no [d]circumstances would have been sought for a second. 8 For in finding fault with [e]the people, He says,

“Behold, days are coming, says the Lord,
[f]When I will bring about a new covenant
With the house of Israel and the house of Judah,