Hebrews 8:4
“For if he were on earth, he should not bee a Priest, seeing that there are Priests that offer gifts according to the Law:”
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Hebrews 8:4 Context
2A minister of the Sanctuary, and of the true Tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 3For euery high Priest is ordeined to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessitie that this man haue somewhat also to offer. 4For if he were on earth, he should not bee a Priest, seeing that there are Priests that offer gifts according to the Law: 5Who serue vnto the example and shadow of heauenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the Tabernacle. For see (saith he) that thou make all things according to the paterne shewed to thee in the mount. 6But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministerie, by how much also he is the Mediatour of a better Couenant, which was established vpon better promises.
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For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
- King James Version
Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law;
- New American Standard Version (1995)