New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Hebrews 8:7
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For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
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For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
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For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.
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For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.
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For if that first had been faultless, no place would have been sought for a second.
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Hebrews 8
5 The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
6 Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
7 For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
8 But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
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