8:1
    [kjv]  Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
    [bbe]  Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,
8:2
    [kjv]  A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
    [bbe]  As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.
8:3
    [kjv]  For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
    [bbe]  Now every high priest is given authority to take to God the things which are given and to make offerings; so that it is necessary for this man, like them, to have something for an offering.
8:4  
    [kjv]  For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
    [bbe]  If he had been on earth he would not have been a priest at all, because there are other priests who make the offerings ordered by the law;
8:5  
    [kjv]  Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly 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 pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
    [bbe]  Being servants of that which is a copy and an image of the things in heaven, as Moses, when he was about to make the Tent, had special orders from God: for, See, he said, that you make everything like the design which you saw in the mountain.
8:6
    [kjv]  But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
    [bbe]  But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.
8:7  
    [kjv]  For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
    [bbe]  For if that first agreement had been as good as pos............