Ibrani 7:24--8:2

7:24 but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever. 7:25 So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. 7:26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. 7:27 He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all. 7:28 For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, ¹  but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.

The High Priest of a Better Covenant

8:1 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: ²  We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, ³  8:2 a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.

[7:28]  ¹ sn See Heb 5:2 where this concept was introduced.

[8:1]  ² tn Grk “the main point of the things being said.”

[8:1]  ³ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1; see Heb 1:3, 13.