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.^{(A) 5} They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy^(B) and shadow^(C) of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned^(D) 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](E) 6} But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant^(F) of which he is mediator^(G) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.