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Hebrews 8 Bible study: Mediator of a better covenant

Hebrews names its main point: "we have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens" (8:1). It calls him "the mediator of a better covenant" (8:6), and then gives words that say, "I will put my laws into their mind; I will also write them on their heart" (8:10).

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“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord: “I will put my laws into their mind; I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
Hebrews 8:10 · World English Bible

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The main point

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Chapter 8's first verse says what the letter is chiefly saying: "Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man." (8:1-2). Main point is one Greek word (tap main point). These notes explain 8:1-2 no further than their words.

Where the Old Testament leads here

A copy and shadow

In the text

Exodus 25:40leads toHebrews 8:5

The LORD tells Moses, "See that you make them after their pattern, which has been shown to you on the mountain" (25:40). Hebrews quotes the command in its own wording: "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain" (Hebrews 8:5). Its point is Jesus: "we have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a servant of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched, not man" (Hebrews 8:1-2). The priests at the tent "serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things" (Hebrews 8:5).

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The Greek word behind it

διαθήκηdiathekesay dee-ath-AY-kay

Strong's: "properly, a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will)". "he is also the mediator of a better covenant" (8:6): behind covenant is this noun, as it is in "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days" (8:10). Hebrews has it 17 times in 14 verses (counted in RP2018, and in all eight editions TAGNT compares), more than any other book of the New Testament. The letter has it again when it gives some of these words a second time: "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days" (10:16).

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Hebrews 8 Bible study questions

  1. 1"the main point is this: we have such a high priest" (8:1). If you had to say the main point of what you believe in one sentence, what would it be?
  2. 2"I will put my laws into their mind; I will also write them on their heart." (8:10). Why do you think the verse names both the mind and the heart?
  3. 3"For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness." (8:12). What makes mercy hard to receive, or easy?

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Last reviewed October 8, 2026. Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain. Hebrew and Greek words are checked against the original-language texts and public-domain lexicons. What we believe · Favor home