²⁷ Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices^(A) day after day, first for his own sins,^(B) and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all^(C) when he offered himself.^(D)

³ Every high priest^(A) is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices,^(B) and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.^{(C) 4} If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.^{(D) 5} They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy^(E) and shadow^(F) of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned^(G) when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”^{[a](H) 6} But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant^(I) of which he is mediator^(J) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

⁷ For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.^{(K) 8} But God found fault with the people and said^[b]:

¹³ By calling this covenant “new,”^(T) he has made the first one obsolete;^(U) and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.

⁹ This is an illustration^(A) for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered^(B) were not able to clear the conscience^(C) of the worshiper.

¹¹ Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,^(A) which can never take away sins.^(B)