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They serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary; for when Moses was about to erect the tent,[a] he was instructed by God, saying, “See that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” But as it is, Christ[b] has obtained a ministry which is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second.

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  1. Hebrews 8:5 Or tabernacle
  2. Hebrews 8:6 Greek he

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