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Hebrews 8:9 KJV
Hebrews · chapter 8 · verse 9
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.Hebrews 8:9 · King James Version
Hebrews 8:9 in context
7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
8For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
9Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
11And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
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Key words (Strong's)
- continuedemmenōto remain in, continue, to persevere in anything, a state of mind etc., to hold fast, to…G1696 →
- covenantdiathēkēa disposition, arrangement, of any sort, which one wishes to be valid, the last…G1242 →
- fatherspatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- EgyptaigyptosEgypt = " double straits" , a country occupying the northeast angle of Africa…G125 →
- tookepilambanomaito take in addition, to lay hold of, take possession of, overtake, attain, attain to, to…G1949 →
- handmouI, me, my, of meG3450 →
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In this part of the chapter, the apostle illustrates and confirms the superior excellency of the priesthood of Christ above that of Aaron, from the excellency of that covenant, or that dispensation of the covenant of grace, of which Christ was the Mediator (Heb 8:6): his ministry is more excellent, by how much he is…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-13