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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:10

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel ,.... That is, this is the sum and substance of the covenant, which God promised to make with, or to make manifest and known to his chosen people, the true Israelites, under the Gospel dispensation; or the following are the several articles of that covenant, he proposed to consummate or finish, as before: after those days, saith the Lord ; after the times of the Old Testament, when the Messiah shall be come, and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:11

And they shall not teach every man his neighbour ,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "citizen"; that is, fellow citizen; and so the Syriac and Arabic versions: "and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord": this is not to be understood, so as to set aside the external and public ministry of the word, which is a standing ordinance of God under the Gospel dispensation; or even the, private instructions of saints one to another, in Christian conversation, whereby they may build up one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:12

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness ,.... That is, sin; for all unrighteousness is sin, being contrary to the justice of God, and his righteous law: and the phrase is expressive of God's forgiveness of it, which is a very considerable article of the covenant of grace; mercy is the spring and original of pardon; it is what God delights in, and therefore he pardons freely; it is large and abundant, and hence he pardons fully; and this lays a foundation for hope in sensible sinners:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:13

In that he saith a new covenant ,.... In the above prophecy, Hebrews 8:8 he hath made the first old ; this naturally follows from hence; if the second is new, the first must be old; which is called so, not on account of its date and duration; for the covenant of grace itself is older than this mode of administration of it, and the manifestation of that to the patriarchs was before this covenant, and so was the covenant of works before it; but on the account of its faultiness and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:4

For if he were on earth - As the Jewish temple was standing when this epistle was written, the whole temple service continued to be performed by the legal priests, descendants of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi; therefore if Christ had been then on earth, he could not have performed the office of a priest, being of the tribe of Judah, to which tribe the office of the priesthood did not appertain. There are priests that offer gifts - This is an additional proof that this epistle was written... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:5

Who serve - Οἱτινες λατρευουσι· Who perform Divine worship. Unto the example and shadow - Υποδειγματι και σκιᾳ , With the representation and shadow; this is Dr. Macknight's translation, and probably the true one. The whole Levitical service was a representation and shadow of heavenly things; it appears, therefore, absurd to say that the priests served Unto an example or representation of heavenly things; they served rather unto the substance of those things, With appropriate... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:6

Now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry - His office of priesthood is more excellent than the Levitical, because the covenant is better, and established on better promises: the old covenant referred to earthly things; the new covenant, to heavenly. The old covenant had promises of secular good; the new covenant, of spiritual and eternal blessings. As far as Christianity is preferable to Judaism, as far as Christ is preferable to Moses, as far as spiritual blessings are preferable to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:7

If that first had been faultless - This is nearly the same argument with that in Hebrews 7:11 . The simple meaning is: If the first covenant had made a provision for and actually conferred pardon and purity, and given a title to eternal life, then there could have been no need for a second; but the first covenant did not give these things, therefore a second was necessary; and the covenant that gives these things is the Christian covenant. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:8

For finding fault with them - The meaning is evidently this: God, in order to show that the first covenant was inefficient, saith to them, the Israelites, Behold, the days come when I will make a new covenant, etc. He found fault with the covenant, and addressed the people concerning his purpose of giving another covenant, that should be such as the necessities of mankind required. As this place refers to Jeremiah 31:31-34 , the words finding fault with them may refer to the Jewish people,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:9

Not according to the covenant - The new covenant is of a widely different nature to that of the old; it was only temporal and earthly in itself, though it pointed out spiritual and eternal things. The new covenant is totally different from this, as we have already seen; and such a covenant, or system of religion, the Jews should have been prepared to expect, as the Prophet Jeremiah had, in the above place, so clearly foretold it. They continued not in my covenant - It should be observed... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 8:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 8:9

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